Referee's report by Cecil Henry Desch, on a paper 'An investigation of cold-worked polycrystalline alpha-iron' by L Mullins and J W Rodgers Sectional Committee: Engineering No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the paper be submitted to an x-ray expert such as Albert James Bradley or John Desmond Bernal. The paper is too long, and the intoduction contains inaccuracies. Criticises the analyitcal method. [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] No received date. [1939]