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RefNoNLB/58/126
AltRefNoNLB/58 p69
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Dugald Clerk, Chairman of the Applied Sciences Committee and FRS
Date16 March 1920
DescriptionInforms Sir Dugald Clerk that a long paper from the Ordnance Committee on Aerodynamics, 'Shell fire by 3 inch guns', has been received. Explains that there are two existing referee reports on the paper which are completely at odds with one and other, and the Society has been asked to nominate a third referee to settle the matter. Suggests Professor [Horace] Lamb and asks for Sir Clerk's approval.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8246Lamb; Sir; Horace (1849 - 1934)1849 - 1934
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
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