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Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on a paper 'On the salinity of the surface waters of the Irish Sea' by Joseph Proudman to the Hydrographer to the Navy, the Admiralty

Reference number: RR/67/349

Date: 05 December 1940

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Encloses the paper. It may contain information that could be of use to the enemy. If he considers it to do so, publication can be deferred until after the war. A restricted confidential edition could be printed for use by the government instead.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1946].

Reference number
RR/67/349
Earliest possible date
05 December 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
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 'On the salinity of the surface waters of the Irish Sea' by Joseph Proudman to the Hydrographer to the Navy, the Admiralty, 05 December 1940, RR/67/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_349/letter-from-j-d-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-on-a-paper-on-the-salinity-of-the-surface-waters-of-the-irish-sea-by-joseph-proudman-to-the-hydrographer-to-the-navy-the-admiralty, accessed on 17 February 2025

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