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Letter 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 the author

Reference number: RR/67/257

Date: 26 February 1940

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A referee doesn't consider the paper suitable for publication by the Royal Society. The paper could be passed on to Professor Ferguson at the Physical Society instead.

[Not published].

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RR/67/257
Earliest possible date
26 February 1940
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter 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 the author, 26 February 1940, RR/67/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_257/letter-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-the-author, accessed on 13 September 2024

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