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Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Gas flow in one dimension following a normal shock of variable strength' by C W Jones

Reference number: RR/79/212

Date: 15 September 1953

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Paper reference code: A.189

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Suggests the author add a few remarks concerning earlier work on the problem by [John Hasbrouck] Van Vleck before publication.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

Date received not given.

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RR/79/212
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15 September 1953
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William George Penney, Referee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'Gas flow in one dimension following a normal shock of variable strength' by C W Jones, 15 September 1953, RR/79/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_212/referees-report-by-william-george-penney-on-a-paper-gas-flow-in-one-dimension-following-a-normal-shock-of-variable-strength-by-c-w-jones, accessed on 19 April 2026

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