Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'A stress-strain curve for the atomic lattice of mild steel, and the physical significance of the yield point of a metal' by S L Smith and W A Wood
Reference number: RR/68/150
Date: July 1941

Description
Sectional Committee: Physics
Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'.
Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Endorsed on verso as received 21 July 1941.
- Reference number
- RR/68/150
- Earliest possible date
- July 1941
- Physical description
- Standardised form (type E)
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'A stress-strain curve for the atomic lattice of mild steel, and the physical significance of the yield point of a metal' by S L Smith and W A Wood, July 1941, RR/68/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_150/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-a-stress-strain-curve-for-the-atomic-lattice-of-mild-steel-and-the-physical-significance-of-the-yield-point-of-a-metal-by-s-l-smith-and-w-a-wood, accessed on 24 June 2025
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_150/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-a-stress-strain-curve-for-the-atomic-lattice-of-mild-steel-and-the-physical-significance-of-the-yield-point-of-a-metal-by-s-l-smith-and-w-a-wood
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_68_150/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-a-stress-strain-curve-for-the-atomic-lattice-of-mild-steel-and-the-physical-significance-of-the-yield-point-of-a-metal-by-s-l-smith-and-w-a-wood" title="Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'A stress-strain curve for the atomic lattice of mild steel, and the physical significance of the yield point of a metal' by S L Smith and W A Wood" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Related Publications
-
A stress-strain curve for the atomic lattice of mild steel, and the physical significance of the yield point of a metal External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 27th February 1942
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1942.0018
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1831- Reference number: RR -
Referees' reports: volume 68, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1941-1944 Reference number: RR/68
Related Fellows
-
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Referee
Explore the collection
-
Referee Reports
This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.
Dates: 1832 - 1954
View collection