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Memoranda, regarding a paper 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

Reference number: RR/66/286

Date: 20 December 1939

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton has sent the paper to Sydney Chapman. Richard Whiddington aggests passing the paper to Geoffrey Ingram Taylor to be asked if the paper might contain information of value to the enemy.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on recto as received 27 December 1939.

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RR/66/286
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20 December 1939
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Memoranda
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1 page
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Memoranda, regarding a paper 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 20 December 1939, RR/66/286, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_286/memoranda-regarding-a-paper-the-air-wave-surrounding-an-expanding-sphere-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor, accessed on 11 September 2024

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