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Letter from Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'On sound waves of finite amplitude' by E T Copson, to D C Martin

Reference number: RR/77/232

Date: 02 December 1952

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Paper reference code: A193

Whittaker sends Copson's paper in which he has made small changes suggested by the referee. A note from Copson is also attached.

Written at 48 George Square, Edinburgh 8 [Scotland].

[Published in Proceedings A, 1953].

Endorsed on recto as received 3 December 1952.

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RR/77/232
Earliest possible date
02 December 1952
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter from Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'On sound waves of finite amplitude' by E T Copson, to D C Martin, 02 December 1952, RR/77/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_232/letter-from-edmund-taylor-whittaker-on-a-paper-on-sound-waves-of-finite-amplitude-by-e-t-copson-to-d-c-martin, accessed on 12 December 2025

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