Referee's report by George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'The establishment of the dilatation effect in a field of sound waves' by P M Davidson Sectional committee: Physics Not recommended for publication in Proceedings, in its current form. The explanations given are not sufficient enough to explain what the author is doing. The paper is badly set out and needs to be re-written. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947]. Date received not given. 9 February 1946