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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper presents a great advance on previous methods. Refers to work of Green and Builder. However, doubts if the analysis is relevant. Comments on the results.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 26 October 1939.

Reference number
RR/66/333
Earliest possible date
October 1939
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Lydwell Eckersley

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Thomas Lydwell Eckersley, Referee's report by Thomas Lydwell Eckersley, on a paper 'The theory of reflexion of very long wireless waves from the ionosphere' by Maurice Vincent Wilkes, October 1939, RR/66/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_333/referees-report-by-thomas-lydwell-eckersley-on-a-paper-the-theory-of-reflexion-of-very-long-wireless-waves-from-the-ionosphere-by-maurice-vincent-wilkes, accessed on 11 February 2025

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