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Recommends against publication during wartime, as it may have an 'important bearing on the design of protection against blast'. A mathematical referee should be consulted.

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

Reference number
RR/67/161
Earliest possible date
5 April 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

Creator name

Edward Neville da Costa Andrade

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Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, Letter from Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, 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 R Winckworth, Papers Secretary of the Royal Society, 5 April 1940, RR/67/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_161/letter-from-edward-neville-da-costa-andrade-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-r-winckworth-papers-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 October 2024

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