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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The sound absorbing properties of some common outdoor materials' by George William Clarkson Kaye and E J Evans to William Lawrence Bragg

Reference number: RR/67/255

Date: 08 February 1940

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Asks to whom the paper should be sent. Egerton has suggested Andrade. Does he agree to pass a favourable report?

Bragg replies that Andrade would be an 'excellent referee' for the paper. The referee should be asked if the paper would be better published in a technical journal.

[Not published].

Endorsed on recto as received 14 February 1940.

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RR/67/255
Earliest possible date
08 February 1940
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Memorandum on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'The sound absorbing properties of some common outdoor materials' by George William Clarkson Kaye and E J Evans to William Lawrence Bragg, 08 February 1940, RR/67/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_255/memorandum-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-the-sound-absorbing-properties-of-some-common-outdoor-materials-by-george-william-clarkson-kaye-and-e-j-evans-to-william-lawrence-bragg, accessed on 03 October 2024

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