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Letter from Edward Neville da Costa Andrade on a paper 'The production of waves by the sudden release of a spherical distribution of compressed air in the atmosphere' by J J Unwin to J D Griffith Daviees, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/67/423

Date: 15 November 1940

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Apologises for the late reply. Originally he agreed with the first referee that the paper was of value to the enemy. However, if Stradling considers it safe to be published, it should be.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1945].

Endorsed on recto as received 19 November 1940.

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RR/67/423
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15 November 1940
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Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, Letter from Edward Neville da Costa Andrade on a paper 'The production of waves by the sudden release of a spherical distribution of compressed air in the atmosphere' by J J Unwin to J D Griffith Daviees, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 November 1940, RR/67/423, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_423/letter-from-edward-neville-da-costa-andrade-on-a-paper-the-production-of-waves-by-the-sudden-release-of-a-spherical-distribution-of-compressed-air-in-the-atmosphere-by-j-j-unwin-to-j-d-griffith-daviees-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 03 December 2024

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