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Letter to E A Crutchley, regarding a paper 'The general motion of the aeroplane' by S Brodetsky

Reference number: RR/66/353

Date: 14 December 1939

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Sectional Committee: Engineering

Although the paper is not secret, 'it is considered wise that no sales or public distribution should be made during the war'. Requests the entire edition is delivered to the Royal Society, and 'the type immediately broken up after printing'. In addition to the ordinary stock, requests in separate parcels 18 copies, 50 copies and one copy of the paper.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

No received date.

Reference number
RR/66/353
Earliest possible date
14 December 1939
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter to E A Crutchley, regarding a paper 'The general motion of the aeroplane' by S Brodetsky, 14 December 1939, RR/66/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_353/letter-to-e-a-crutchley-regarding-a-paper-the-general-motion-of-the-aeroplane-by-s-brodetsky, accessed on 20 January 2025

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