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Referee's report by George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'The behaviour of supersonic flow past a body of revolution, far from the axis' by Gerald Beresford Whitham

Reference number: RR/72/181

Date: 1949

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It breaks new ground and results are interesting and important.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Date received not given.

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RR/72/181
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1949
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Standardised form (type E)
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1 page
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Manuscript

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George Frederick James Temple

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George Frederick James Temple, Referee's report by George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'The behaviour of supersonic flow past a body of revolution, far from the axis' by Gerald Beresford Whitham, 1949, RR/72/181, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_181/referees-report-by-george-frederick-james-temple-on-a-paper-the-behaviour-of-supersonic-flow-past-a-body-of-revolution-far-from-the-axis-by-gerald-beresford-whitham, accessed on 21 April 2026

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