Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The diffraction of plane electromagnetic waves by a perfectly reflecting sphere' by F Puryer White and Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich Sectional Committee: Mathematics Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', subject to modifications. Refers to work of Watson [?], Joseph Proudman, Henri Poincaré, John William Nicholson and [illegible, Maidmold?]. The current paper, which does not refer to these previous researches, only elaborates on them in the detail. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1922] Endorsed on verso as received 10 August 1921. [August 1921]