Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to the Aeronautical Research Council regarding a paper 'The general motion of the aeroplane' by S Brodetsky

Reference number: RR/66/344

Date: 13 October 1939

Description

Sectional Committee: Engineering

Requests advice from the Aeronautical Research Committee regarding the value of the paper to the enemy. If the paper should be withheld, a limited number of copies will be published for circulation.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

No received date.

Reference number
RR/66/344
Earliest possible date
13 October 1939
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to the Aeronautical Research Council regarding a paper 'The general motion of the aeroplane' by S Brodetsky, 13 October 1939, RR/66/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_344/letter-from-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-to-the-aeronautical-research-council-regarding-a-paper-the-general-motion-of-the-aeroplane-by-s-brodetsky, accessed on 21 March 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_344/letter-from-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-to-the-aeronautical-research-council-regarding-a-paper-the-general-motion-of-the-aeroplane-by-s-brodetsky

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_66_344/letter-from-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-to-the-aeronautical-research-council-regarding-a-paper-the-general-motion-of-the-aeroplane-by-s-brodetsky" title="Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to the Aeronautical Research Council regarding a paper 'The general motion of the aeroplane' by S Brodetsky" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Related Records

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

    View collection