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Has enclosed abstracts of the papers and asks if he would like any copies.

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

Reference number
RR/67/169
Earliest possible date
02 July 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper and abstracts on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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Letter 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 R E Stradling, Ministry of Home Security, 02 July 1940, RR/67/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_169/letter-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-r-e-stradling-ministry-of-home-security, accessed on 08 November 2024

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