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Referee's Report by [William Lawrence] Bragg on a paper 'The analysis of discrete vapour maps' by [Dorothy Maud] Wrinch

Reference number: RR/W/6/114

Date: 01 January 1939

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Paper reference code: A.207

Sectional committee: Physics

Believes the author 'is under a misapprehension'. Critiques the author's analysis and methodology in detail. States that the author does not cite the appropriate sources. Does not recommend the paper for publication in Proceedings [of the Royal Society], but notes 'I hesitate to turn it down out of hand'. Suggests the author considers his remarks and discuss it with peers.
[Clarification: this paper relates to the model of protein structure called 'cyclol' published in Proc. A, 161, issue 907, which Wrinch defended but had been disproven by 1939]

[Not published].

Received 11 January 1939

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RR/W/6/114
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01 January 1939
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William Lawrence Bragg, Referee's Report by [William Lawrence] Bragg on a paper 'The analysis of discrete vapour maps' by [Dorothy Maud] Wrinch, 01 January 1939, RR/W/6/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_114/referees-report-by-william-lawrence-bragg-on-a-paper-the-analysis-of-discrete-vapour-maps-by-dorothy-maud-wrinch, accessed on 09 September 2026

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