Referees' reports: volume 37, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
Reference number: RR/37
Date: 1928

Description
Containing referee's reports arranged alphabetically by the lead author of the paper submitted to the Royal Society for review in 1928.
Notable referees and authors include Charles Vernon Boys, Sydney Chapman and John Cunningham McLennan.
When report is on a standardised form (D), the questions are:
1. Whether or not the paper should be read before the Society
2. Whether the paper should or should not be published by the Society
3. Whether, in the former case, it should be published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' or 'Proceedings'
4. Whether it should be published in full or only in part or whether any material modifications are necessary
5. Which illustrations, if any, accompanying the paper should be reproduced
General remarks
- Reference number
- RR/37
- Earliest possible date
- 1928
- Physical description
- Loose paper
- Page extent
- Two boxes: reports 1-80; reports 81-159
- Format
- Manuscript
Typescript
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Referees' reports: volume 37, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication, 1928, RR/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_37/referees-reports-volume-37-peer-reviews-of-scientific-papers-submitted-to-the-royal-society-for-publication, accessed on 09 February 2025
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This volume contains 159 manuscripts:
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Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of thin films. Part XII.—Cholesterol and its effect in admixture with other substances' by N K Adam and G Jessop
July 1928 Creator: Thomas Martin Lowry Reference number: RR/37/1 -
Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'The modes in which valency is exercised. Part II - The tetrahedral carbon atom' by Henry Edward Armstrong
May 1928 Creator: William Lawrence Bragg Reference number: RR/37/2 -
Second referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'The modes in which valency is exercised. Part II - The tetrahedral carbon atom' by Henry Edward Armstrong
May 1928 Creator: William Lawrence Bragg Reference number: RR/37/3 -
Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'The modes in which valency is exercised. Part I - The tetrahedral carbon atom' by Henry Edward Armstrong and William Barlow
May 1928 Creator: William Lawrence Bragg Reference number: RR/37/4
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1831- Reference number: RR
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