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Referee's report by 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

Reference number: RR/69/288

Date: 21 March 1946

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The theoretical part is mainly quotations but this makes the paper more readable. The author has attempted a worthwhile experiment, although a better piece of apparatus should have been used. The author's assumptions about the oil could be 'disasterous'. The author should explain how he obtains the numerical values . There are some 'slipd of the pen' that should be fixed. The words on the drawings should be more obviously marked.

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

Date received not given.

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RR/69/288
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21 March 1946
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Standardised form (type E) and attached note on paper
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3 pages
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Lewis Fry Richardson, Referee's report by 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, 21 March 1946, RR/69/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_288/referees-report-by-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, accessed on 24 June 2025

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