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Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'Splashes from underwater explosions' by H Kolsky, J P Lewis, M T Sampson, A C Shearman and C I Snow

Reference number: RR/71/168

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. 'The subject matter has been cleared on security grounds.'

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

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RR/71/168
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1948
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William George Penney, Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'Splashes from underwater explosions' by H Kolsky, J P Lewis, M T Sampson, A C Shearman and C I Snow, 1948, RR/71/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_168/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-baron-penney-of-east-hendred-on-a-paper-splashes-from-underwater-explosions-by-h-kolsky-j-p-lewis-m-t-sampson-a-c-shearman-and-c-i-snow, accessed on 26 April 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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