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Letter from William George Penney, on a paper 'The supersonic flow of compressible fluid through axially symmetric tubes of uniform and varying section' by R K Tempest to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/259

Date: 06 October 1949

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Reports back on three papers he has received. Has enclosed a lengthy commentary on Tempest's paper. Some small alterations should be made but if the author doesn't wish to make these changes, it should still be published.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 7 October 1949.

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RR/72/259
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06 October 1949
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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William George Penney

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William George Penney, Letter from William George Penney, on a paper 'The supersonic flow of compressible fluid through axially symmetric tubes of uniform and varying section' by R K Tempest to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 06 October 1949, RR/72/259, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_259/letter-from-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-the-supersonic-flow-of-compressible-fluid-through-axially-symmetric-tubes-of-uniform-and-varying-section-by-r-k-tempest-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 08 February 2026

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