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Letter from Lewis Fry Richardson, on a paper 'The aerodynamic drag of the earth’s surface and the value of von Karman’s constant in the lower atmosphere' by Percival Albert Sheppard to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton

Reference number: RR/69/287

Date: 22 February 1946

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The paper has obvious merits but the author should respond to criticism of his experimental technique. He makes 'no allusion to the hydrostatic force exerted by the oil on the floating plate'. The experimental situation may require further investigation.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Endorsed on recto as received 25 February 1946.

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RR/69/287
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22 February 1946
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1 page
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Lewis Fry Richardson

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Lewis Fry Richardson, Letter from Lewis Fry Richardson, on a paper 'The aerodynamic drag of the earth’s surface and the value of von Karman’s constant in the lower atmosphere' by Percival Albert Sheppard to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, 22 February 1946, RR/69/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_287/letter-from-lewis-fry-richardson-on-a-paper-the-aerodynamic-drag-of-the-earths-surface-and-the-value-of-von-karmans-constant-in-the-lower-atmosphere-by-percival-albert-sheppard-to-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton, accessed on 19 June 2025

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