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Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'The diffraction of blast. I' by Michael James Lighthill

Reference number: RR/71/179

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. There are as yet no experimental results on against which the theory can be tested. Suggests a change to the title, as the term 'blast' is misleading.

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

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RR/71/179
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1948
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William George Penney, Referee's report by William George Penney, Baron Penney of East Hendred, on a paper 'The diffraction of blast. I' by Michael James Lighthill, 1948, RR/71/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_179/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-baron-penney-of-east-hendred-on-a-paper-the-diffraction-of-blast-i-by-michael-james-lighthill, accessed on 25 March 2025

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