File 29 - Papers relating to the Aeronautical Research Committee

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THMG/D/29

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Papers relating to the Aeronautical Research Committee

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  • 1937-1942 (Creation)

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Thomson, Sir George Paget (1892-1975), knight, physicist and Nobel laureate
(1892-1975)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Letter of 3 June 1937 inviting Thomson to serve on the Main Committee for 3 years until 31 March 1940.
Letters of 14 October 1942 accepting Thomson's resignation from the Stability and Control and Aerodynamics Sub-Committees and assuming his resignation from the Fleet Air Arm Research Sub-Committee and the High Altitude Sub-Committee.
Folder also includes a copy of a report (not by Thomson) submitted to the Committee, January 1938.

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