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Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of The Royal Society, on a paper 'Explosion waves and shock waves. VI. The disturbance produced by bursting diaphragms with compressed air' by William Payman and Wilfred Charles Furness Shepherd to Jocelyn Field Thorpe

Reference number: RR/67/316

Date: 02 May 1940

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The paper has received a report which requires consideration by the authors. The referee is prepared to discard his anonymity and comunicate with the authors directly, if thery prefer. The referee hasn't mentioned anyting about the paper being of use to the enemy.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1946].

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RR/67/316
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02 May 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 'Explosion waves and shock waves. VI. The disturbance produced by bursting diaphragms with compressed air' by William Payman and Wilfred Charles Furness Shepherd to Jocelyn Field Thorpe, 02 May 1940, RR/67/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_316/letter-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-explosion-waves-and-shock-waves-vi-the-disturbance-produced-by-bursting-diaphragms-with-compressed-air-by-william-payman-and-wilfred-charles-furness-shepherd-to-jocelyn-field-thorpe, accessed on 21 January 2025

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