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RefNoRR/75/311
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by William George Penney, on a paper 'The diffraction of an acoustic pulse by a wedge' by J W Miles
Date24 December 1951
DescriptionSectional committee: Mathematics

Paper reference code: A273

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Penney writes: 'This paper, and the following one, give neat compact solutions of a diffraction problem while become complicated by the earlier methods. As the author is at present in New Zealand, his inability to consult some of the references is excusable. I recommend that we accept both papers'.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Date received not given.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type E)
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1952.0100
RelatedRecordRR/75/312
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2058Penney; William George (1909 - 1991); Baron Penney of East Hendred1909 - 1991
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