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Referee's report by William Jolly Duncan, on a paper 'The measurement of skin friction in a turbulent boundary layer at a Mach number of 2.5, including the effect of a shock wave' by W F Cope

Reference number: RR/77/89

Date: 09 June 1952

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Sectional committee: Engineering

Paper reference code: A76

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings, though the referee notes there is 'some careless writing' in the paper which needs amending.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Date received not given.

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RR/77/89
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09 June 1952
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William Jolly Duncan, Referee's report by William Jolly Duncan, on a paper 'The measurement of skin friction in a turbulent boundary layer at a Mach number of 2.5, including the effect of a shock wave' by W F Cope, 09 June 1952, RR/77/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_89/referees-report-by-william-jolly-duncan-on-a-paper-the-measurement-of-skin-friction-in-a-turbulent-boundary-layer-at-a-mach-number-of-25-including-the-effect-of-a-shock-wave-by-w-f-cope, accessed on 06 December 2025

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