Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol.17, No.8, April 19, 1927

Nutting, P. G.; Wherry, Edgar T.; Cushman A.; Rose, J. N.; Paul, C.

Verlag: Washington Academy of Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, 1927

Beschreibung

Original edition copy of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol.17, No.8, April 19, 1927. Includes original papers: "Some mechanical properties of moist granular solids" by P.G. Nutting; "The presence of free methyl salicylate in some American species of Polygala" by Edgar T. Wherry; "The Central American species of Hydrocotyle" by J.N. Rose & Paul C.; "The occurance of Lituonetla and Coskinolina in America" by Cushman A. Perley Gilman Nutting (1873 1949) was an American optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Nutting constructed one of the earliest, if not the first, neon sign, which was displayed at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He worked for Eastman Kodak Company and Westinghouse Electric Company and the United States Geological Survey. Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885 1982) was an American mineralogist, soil scientist and botanist. In 1964, he was awarded the Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award in botany. The "Edgar T. Wherry Award" was established in 1989 by the Botanical Society of America for the best paper presented each year in the pteridological section. First edition. 7" - 10". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 276702

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Journal of the Washington Academy of ...

Verlag: Washington Academy of Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book