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Reference numberRR/69/206
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Frederick Temple, on a paper 'The hodograph transformation in trans-sonic flow. I. Symmetrical channels' by Michael James Lighthill to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Date10 December 1946
DescriptionApologises for being 'pernickety' but although he accepts the alterations proposed by the author, there is still one point that he doesn't agree with. The point made is false and should be modified.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947

Endorsed on recot as received 13 December 1946.].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1947.0118
Related records in the catalogueRR/69/205
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2227Temple; George Frederick James (1901 - 1992)1901 - 1992
NA5064Lighthill; Sir; Michael James (1924 - 1998)1924 - 1998
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