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Letter from H Wooldridge, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The theory of reflexion of very long wireless waves from the ionosphere' by Maurice Vincent Wilkes

Reference number: RR/66/332

Date: 31 January 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Returns the paper as requested by Edward Victor Appleton. The author has seen the referee's comments and added a few remarks. Edward Victor Appleton is satisfied that there is no reason to delay publication until after the war.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 1 February 1940.

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RR/66/332
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31 January 1940
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1 page
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Letter from H Wooldridge, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The theory of reflexion of very long wireless waves from the ionosphere' by Maurice Vincent Wilkes, 31 January 1940, RR/66/332, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_332/letter-from-h-wooldridge-to-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-a-paper-the-theory-of-reflexion-of-very-long-wireless-waves-from-the-ionosphere-by-maurice-vincent-wilkes, accessed on 10 July 2026

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