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Requests two copies of the paper and returns the abstracts.

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

Endorsed on recto as receiveed 9 July 1940.

Reference number
RR/67/170
Earliest possible date
08 July 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter from the Ministry of Home Security, 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, 08 July 1940, RR/67/170, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_170/letter-from-the-ministry-of-home-security-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 11 October 2024

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