Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume 222 1954 (Numbers 1148-1151)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1954. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Iv, 566 pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. One page dog-eared at bottom right hand corner. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A VOLUME 222 No. 1148. 23 February 1954Ñ On sound generated aerodynamically. II. Turbulence as a source of sound. By M. J. Lighthill, F. R. SÑ The structure of haemoglobin. II. By Sir Lawrence Bragg, F. R. S, E. R. Howells and M. F. PerutzÑ A characteristic type of instability in the large deflexions of elastic plates. III. Curved rectangular plates in axial compression. By D. G. Ashwell Ñ The cross-linking and degradation of paraffin chains by high-energy radiation. By A. Charlesby Ñ The detachment of electrons from negative ions. By J. B. Hasted Ñ An explicit formula for the calculation of fractional parentage coefficients. By P. J. Redmond Ñ Singularities of electron kernel functions in an external electromagnetic field. By J. G. Valatin Ñ Measurement of diffusion coefficients. By P. C. Carman and R. A. W. Haul Ñ Bhabha+s equation for a particle of two mass states in Rarita-Schwinger form. By K. K. Gupta Ñ On the theory of electron-transfer processes in aqueous solutions. By J. Weiss No. 1149. 9 March 1954Ñ On the thermal decomposition of the lower paraffin hydrocarbons, of paraffin- olefine-hydrogen equihbrium mixtures, and of similar compounds and systems. By M. W. Travers, F. R. S. And C. G. SilcocksÑ The distribution of temperature along a thin rod electrically heated in vacuo. I. Theoretical. By S. C. Jain and Sir K. S. Krishnan, F. R. S. Ñ The Herzberg bands of 02 in an oxygen afterglow and in the night-sky spectrum. By H. P. Broida and A. G. Gaydon, F. R. S. (Plate 1) Ñ The hydrogen bond in crystals. IX. The isotope effect in acetylenedicarboxylic acid dihydrate. By K. J. Gallagher, A. R. Ubbelohde, F. R. S. And Ida Woodward Ñ Flame propagation: the effect of pressure variation on burning velocities. By Sir Alfred Egerton, F. R. S. And A. H. Lefebvre. (Plates 2 to 5) Ñ Electrodynamics without potentials. By L. Infeld and J. Plebanski Ñ On the Dirac-Heisenberg theory of vacuum polarization. By J. G. Valatin Ñ The temperature variation of diamagnetic susceptibility. By E. W. Elcock Ñ The reflexion of sound waves of finite amplitude by a rigid wall. By E. T. Copson Ñ Geometry in three dimensions over GF(3) . By W. L. Edge No. 1150. 18 March 1954 A Discusion on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean under the Leadership of E. C. Bullard, F. R. S. Ñ E. C. Bullard, F. R. S. (Leader of the discussion. ) Introduction Part 1. The sediments of the Atlantic Ñ Ph. H. Kuenen. Recent advances in deep-sea sedimentologyÑ J. D. H. Wiseman. The determination and significance of past temperature changes in the upper layer of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean Ñ F. P. Shepard. High-velocity turbidity currents, a discussion Ñ O. T. Jones, F. R. S. The characteristics of some lower Palaeozoic marine sedimentsÑ W. B. R. King, F. R. S. Remarks on pebbles from the deep Atlantic and on the structure of the English Channel Ñ J. Lyman. The deepest sounding in the North Atlantic Ñ A. S. Laughton. Laboratory measurements of seismic velocities in ocean sediments Part 2. The deeper structure of the Atlantic Ñ H. H. Hess. Geological hypotheses and the earth+s crust under the oceans Ñ M. N. Hill and A. S. Laughton. Seismic observations in the eastern Atlantic, 1952 Ñ T. F. Gaskell. Seismic refraction work by H. M. S. Challenger in the deep oceans Ñ G. P. Woollard. Crustal structure beneath oceanic islands Ñ J. P. RothÄ. La zone sÄismique mÄdiane Indo-Atlantique Ñ B. C. Browne. Gravity measurements and oceanic structure Ñ G. M. Lees, F. R. S. The geological evidence on the nature of ocean floors Ñ E. C. Bullard, F. R. S. A comparison of oceans and continents Ñ The flow of heat through the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. By Sir Edward Bullard, F. R. S. (Plates 6 to 9) No. 1151. 23 March 1954Ñ Vibration-rotation bands and molecular constants of carbonyl sulphide. By H. J. Callomon and H. W. Thompson, F. R. S. Ñ Vibration-rotation bands of methyl fluoride. By Jenny Pickworth and H. W. Thompson, F. R. S. Ñ The co-polymerization of styrene and butyl acrylate in benzene solution. By J. H. Bradbury and H. W. Melville, F. R. S Ñ Electron inertia and terrestrial magnetism. By Sir Charles Darwin, F. R. S. Ñ Wind effects on the motion of the sea in an infinite channel and in a rectangular gulf. By G. R. Goldsbrough, F. R. S. Ñ The role of light quanta in the electric breakdown of gases. By W. L. Harries and A. Von Engel Ñ The application of the Whitehead theory of relativity to non-static, spherically symmetrical systems. By C. B. Rayner Ñ A nuclear magnetic resonance investigation of n-pentane, n-hexane and cyclopentane. By F. A. Rushworth Ñ Gel formation and molecular weight distribution in long-chain polymers. By A. Charlesby Ñ Spiral growths on large crystal surfaces. By Helen Rae and A. E. Robinson. (Plates 10 and 11). Good .

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