Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'A stress-strain curve for the atomic lattice of mild steel in compression' by S L Smith and W A Wood Sectional Committee: Physics Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not agree with the results or the interpretation, but the authors are entitled to put them forth. The experimental work is worthy, but the deductions are open to criticism. 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'] No received date. 28 February 1942