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Sectional committee: Physics

Not recommended for publication at the present time. The proof that Sommerfield and Lamb solutions are equivalent would 'stimulate interest in the problem in undesirable quarters'.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 6 April 1940.

Reference number
RR/67/162
Earliest possible date
April 1940
Physical description
Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Typescript

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Edward Neville da Costa Andrade

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Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, Referee's report by 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, April 1940, RR/67/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_162/referees-report-by-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, accessed on 14 November 2024

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