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Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'X-ray studies of the structure of hair, wool, and related fibres. IV. The molecular structure and elastic properties of the biological cells' by H J Woods

Reference number: RR/65/283

Date: February 1938

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is a 'suitable continuation'. It is highly speculative but breaks new ground.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1938].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 February 1938.

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RR/65/283
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February 1938
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William Lawrence Bragg, Referee's report by William Lawrence Bragg, on a paper 'X-ray studies of the structure of hair, wool, and related fibres. IV. The molecular structure and elastic properties of the biological cells' by H J Woods, February 1938, RR/65/283, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_283/referees-report-by-william-lawrence-bragg-on-a-paper-x-ray-studies-of-the-structure-of-hair-wool-and-related-fibres-iv-the-molecular-structure-and-elastic-properties-of-the-biological-cells-by-h-j-woods, accessed on 13 December 2025

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