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Reference numberRR/75/235
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Hunter McCrea, on a paper 'Orbits and rays in the gravitational field of a finite sphere according to the theory of A N Whitehead' by John Lighton Synge, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society
Date14 November 1951
DescriptionPaper reference code: A193

McCrea disclosed to the author that he is a referee of their paper. Remarks it would have been 'embarrassing' otherwise, and McCrea only let him know after Synge had brought the subject up himself. Thanks Sir David Brunt for not raising objection to this.

Written at Royal Holloway College (University of London). Englefield Green, Surrey [England].

[Both papers published in Proceedings A, 1952].

Endorsed on recto as received 15 November 1951.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1952.0044
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA261McCrea; Sir; William Hunter (1904 - 1999); astronomer1904 - 1999
NA2243Synge; John Lighton (1897 - 1995)1897 - 1995
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