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Letter from University Press Cambridge, 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

Reference number: RR/67/176

Date: 05 August 1941

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He has received receipts for all the copies despatched, with the exception of Geoffrey Ingram Taylor. Has enclosed the list of recipients.

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

Reference number
RR/67/176
Earliest possible date
05 August 1941
Physical description
Letter on paper and list on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Typescript

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Letter from University Press Cambridge, 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, 05 August 1941, RR/67/176, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_176/letter-from-university-press-cambridge-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 15 March 2025

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