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Letter from Sir William Lawrence Bragg to D C Martin, on a paper 'The infra-red spectra of some optically active and meso synthetic polypeptides' by A Elliott, to David Christie Martin, the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/79/179

Date: 28 July 1953

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Paper reference code: A163

Believes the paper could be published as it stands, but suggests the Society may want to seek the opinion of an expert on infra red spectra.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1954].

Received 29 July 1953

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RR/79/179
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28 July 1953
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Typescript

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William Lawrence Bragg

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William Lawrence Bragg, Letter from Sir William Lawrence Bragg to D C Martin, on a paper 'The infra-red spectra of some optically active and meso synthetic polypeptides' by A Elliott, to David Christie Martin, the Royal Society, 28 July 1953, RR/79/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_79_179/letter-from-sir-william-lawrence-bragg-to-d-c-martin-on-a-paper-the-infra-red-spectra-of-some-optically-active-and-meso-synthetic-polypeptides-by-a-elliott-to-david-christie-martin-the-royal-society, accessed on 08 October 2026

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