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Letter from William George Penney, on a paper 'The propagation of spherical blast' by Gerald Beresford Whitham, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/73/18

Date: 21 June 1950

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Paper reference code: A8

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. Penney presents two brief amendments.

Written at Ministry of Supply, Armament Research Establishment, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent [England].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 22 June 1950.

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RR/73/18
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21 June 1950
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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William George Penney

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William George Penney, Letter from William George Penney, on a paper 'The propagation of spherical blast' by Gerald Beresford Whitham, to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 21 June 1950, RR/73/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_73_18/letter-from-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-the-propagation-of-spherical-blast-by-gerald-beresford-whitham-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 January 2026

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