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Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'On the flow of gas through a nozzle with velocities exceeding the speed of sound' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/68/289

Date: 08 January 1944

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Sectional Committee: Engineering

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The results were obtained using accurate methods. Refers to work of Meyer.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/68/289
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08 January 1944
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Ralph Howard Fowler, Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'On the flow of gas through a nozzle with velocities exceeding the speed of sound' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 08 January 1944, RR/68/289, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_289/referees-report-by-ralph-howard-fowler-on-a-paper-on-the-flow-of-gas-through-a-nozzle-with-velocities-exceeding-the-speed-of-sound-by-l-fox-and-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 14 September 2024

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