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Memorandum by J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Radio echoes and cosmic ray showers' by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett and Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell to William Lawrence Bragg

Reference number: RR/67/33

Date: 31 October 1940

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The paper has been reviewed by Appleton, who's previous minor criticisms have been met. The paper should be published. Bragg agrees.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1941].

Endorsed on verso as received 4 October 1940.

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RR/67/33
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31 October 1940
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Memorandum on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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William Lawrence Bragg

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William Lawrence Bragg, Memorandum by J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Radio echoes and cosmic ray showers' by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett and Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell to William Lawrence Bragg, 31 October 1940, RR/67/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_33/memorandum-by-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-radio-echoes-and-cosmic-ray-showers-by-patrick-maynard-stuart-blackett-and-alfred-charles-bernard-lovell-to-william-lawrence-bragg, accessed on 16 September 2024

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