Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume 231 1955 (Numbers 1184-1187)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1955. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Iv, 578 pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A VOLUME 231 No. 1184. 19 July 1955Ñ Waves due to a floating sphere making periodic heaving oscillations. By Sir Thomas Havelock, F. R. S. Ñ The propagation of tide and surge in an estuary. By J. Proudman, F. R. S. Ñ The estimation of the critical load of a braced framework. By H. G. Allen Ñ Further calculations on electron excitation of forbidden lines: transitions with electric quadrupole moments. By M. J. Seaton Ñ Sorption and surface diffusion in microporous carbon cylinders. By R. M. Barrer and E. Strachan Ñ Some general results in the theory of large elastic deformations. By J. E. AdkinsÑ The frequency response of a defocused optical system. By H. H. Hopkins Ñ Boundary-layer growth. By E. J. WatsonÑ A solution of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations illustrating the response of skin friction and temperature of an infinite plate thermometer to fluctuations in the stream velocity. By J. T. Stuart Ñ Thermal conduction in artificial sapphire crystals at low temperatures. I. Nearly perfect crystals. By R. Berman, E. L. Foster and J. M. Ziman No. 1185. 22 August 1955Ñ Influence of certain foreign gases on the thermal decomposition of paraffins. II. Relation to the general theory of paraffin decompositions and of unimolecular reactions. By J. Jach and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, For. Sec. R. S. Ñ The thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide. I. Secondary catalytic and surface effects. By F. J. Lindars and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, For. Sec. R. S. Ñ The thermal decomposition of nitrous oxide. II. Influence of added gases and a theory of the kinetic mechanism. By F. J. Lindars and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, For. Sec. R. S Ñ The instability of a layer of fluid heated below and subject to Coriolis forces. II. By S. Chandrasekhar, F. R. S. And Donna D. ElbertÑ Experiments on over-stable thermal convection in mercury. By D. Fultz and Y. Nakagawa. (Plate 1) Ñ +Rotons+in quantum hydrodynamics. By G. R. Allcock and C. G. Kuper Ñ Spin-echoes in the presence of non-axially symmetric quadrupole interaction in crystals. By T. P. Das and D. K. Roy Ñ Hertzian electromagnetic potentials and associated gauge transformations. By A. Nisbet Ñ Continuous distributions of dislocations : a new application of the methods of non-Riemannian geometry. By B. A. Bilby, R. Bullough and E. Smith Ñ Integration of the boundary-layer equations for a plane in compressible flow with heat transfer. By D. Meksyn Ñ Transport porperties of gaseous hydrocarbons. By J. D. Lambert, K. J. Cotton, M. W. Pailthorpe, A. M. Robinson, J. Scrivins, W. R. F. Vale and R. M. Young Ñ The adsorption of bacteriophages by sensitive and resistant cells of Escherichia coli strain B. By S. Brenner. (Abstract) No. 1186. 6 September 1955Ñ Thermal inelastic scattering of cold neutrons in polycrystalline solids. By L. S. Kothari and K. S. Singwi Ñ On the thermal ionization of trapped electrons in ionic solids. By J. H. Simpson Ñ Quantum field theory. By T. H. R. Skyrme Ñ The penetration depth and high-frequency resistance of superconducting aluminium. By T. E. Faber and A. B. Pippard Ñ The phase transition in superconductors. IV. Aluminium. By T. E. Faber Ñ A study of the nuclear disintegrations produced by 950 MeV protons. By W. 0. Lock, P. V. March- and R. McKeague Ñ The stresses in a built-up girder subjected to a concentrated load. By E. W. ParkesÑ Adhesion and charging of quartz surfaces. By W. R. Harper Ñ The structure of the colour centres in smoky quartz. By Mary C. M. O+Brien Ñ The reflexion of vertically-incident long radio waves from the ionosphere when the earth+s magnetic field is oblique. By J. Heading No. 1187. 20 September 1955Ñ Green and orange band spectra of CaOH, CaOD and calcium oxide. By A. G. Gaydon, F. R. S. (Plate 2) Ñ The recombination of atoms. II. Causes of variation in the observed rate constant for iodine atoms. By Margaret I. Christie, Anna J. Harrison, R. G. W. Norrish, F. R. S. And G. Porter Ñ Pneumatic and similar breakwaters. By J. T. Evans Ñ The action of a surface current used as a breakwater. By Sir Geoffrey Taylor, F. R. S. Ñ Time reversal in field theory. By J. S. Bell Ñ Gravity waves in flowing water. By J. N. HuntÑ The influence of solid boundaries upon aerodynamic sound. By N. Curie Ñ Relative intensities of totally symmetrical vibrations in the Raman spectrum of gaseous neopentane. By A. H. S. Matterson and L. A. Woodward Ñ Gel formation by main-chain fracture of long-chain polymers. By A. Charlesby Ñ Thermo-electricity at low temperatures. III. The absolute scale of thermoelectric power: a critical discussion of the present scale at low temperatures and preliminary measurements towards its redetermination. By W. B. Pearson and I. M. Templeton Ñ Heat transfer in liquid helium below 1í K. By H. A. Fairbank and J. Wilks Ñ Infra-red spectroscopic studies of rotational isomerism in the polymethylene halides. By J. K. Brown and N. Sheppard. Good .

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