| Reference number | RR/67/422 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter and referee's report by Joseph Proudman on a paper 'The production of waves by the sudden release of a spherical distribution of compressed air in the atmosphere' by J J Unwin |
| Date | 6 September 1940 |
| Description | Sectional committee: Mathematics
Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is of practical importance and the results are valuable.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies yes. Later retracts this view in the letter, once he has read Stradling's opinions.
[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1941].
Endorsed on verso as received 9 September 1940. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1941.0050 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/67/421 |
| RR/67/423 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1896 | Proudman; Joseph (1888 - 1975) | 1888 - 1975 |