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Letter from David Randall Pye, on an unnamed paper by Richard Vynne Southwell to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/67/399

Date: 19 February 1940

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He has not read part six of the paper and so cannot express an opinion on it specifically. He has discussed the principles of withholding publication until after the war with Southwell, who seemed to agree with him. Southwell described the character of his paper and it doesn't seem like there should be any objection to publication.

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RR/67/399
Earliest possible date
19 February 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Letter from David Randall Pye, on an unnamed paper by Richard Vynne Southwell to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 19 February 1940, RR/67/399, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_399/letter-from-david-randall-pye-on-an-unnamed-paper-by-richard-vynne-southwell-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 October 2026

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