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The changes proposed by the referee are so small that it may not be worth implementing them.

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

Reference number
RR/67/168
Earliest possible date
30 May 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 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 J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 30 May 1940, RR/67/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_168/letter-from-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-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-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 April 2025

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