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Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Short period fluctuations in the characteristics of wireless echoes from the ionosphere' by Thomas Lydwell Eckersley and F T Farmer to G Millington

Reference number: RR/67/126

Date: 11 February 1941

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The paper could be sent to America, Australia and New Zealand, if the author goes through the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. He should write to them as soon as possible. Due to censorship rules, copies for private distribution can only be issued after the war.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1945].

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RR/67/126
Earliest possible date
11 February 1941
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Short period fluctuations in the characteristics of wireless echoes from the ionosphere' by Thomas Lydwell Eckersley and F T Farmer to G Millington, 11 February 1941, RR/67/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_126/letter-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-short-period-fluctuations-in-the-characteristics-of-wireless-echoes-from-the-ionosphere-by-thomas-lydwell-eckersley-and-f-t-farmer-to-g-millington, accessed on 19 January 2025

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