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Asks if Bragg will agree to pass the paper if Andrade's report is favourable.

Bragg replies 'yes'.

[Both papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1946].

Reference number
RR/67/159
Earliest possible date
05 March 1940
Physical description
Memorandum on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on two papers 'The diffraction of sound pulses I. Diffraction by a semi-infinite plane' and 'The diffraction of sound pulses II. Diffraction by an infinite wedge' by Frederick Gerard Friedlander to William Lawrence Bragg, 05 March 1940, RR/67/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_159/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-two-papers-the-diffraction-of-sound-pulses-i-diffraction-by-a-semi-infinite-plane-and-the-diffraction-of-sound-pulses-ii-diffraction-by-an-infinite-wedge-by-frederick-gerard-friedlander-to-william-lawrence-bragg, accessed on 11 February 2025

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