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Notes: Summary It has been noted by several observers that no Love-wave spectrum is complete in the sense that it contains all the periods. The reason for this has been sought for in the presence of a low-velocity layer.

Notes: Zusammenfassung —Als Modell eines mechanischen Empfängers, der im Boden eingebettet ist, dient eine Kugelschale mit lineartranslatorisch beweglichem Gehänge. Das umgebende Medium erfüllt homogen den Vollraum und ist isotrop elastisch. Der Kontakt mit dem eingebetteten System wird entweder als haftend oder gleitend vorausgesetzt. Es ist diskutiert worden, wie sich der Empfänger in einer longitudinalen Planwelle von beliebiger Wellenform bewegt, die sich parallel zur Gehängetranslation ausbreitet. Ferner wurde die (unbekannte) Wellenform aus der Seismogrammform oder der Gestellbewegung explizit berechnet. Es ergeben sich beachtliche mathematische und physikalische Vereinfachungen, wenn das Gehänge vernachlässigbar leicht und die Gestellmasse gleich der «verdrängten Mediummasse» ist. Schliesslich wird der Zusammenhang dieses Vorgangs mit der Empfängerbewegung infolge Kräften besprochen, die nicht von der Welle herrühren und am Gestell und Gehänge gleichzeitig angreifen können. Es wurde der Kraftverlauf gesucht, der einer vorgegebenen Wellenform hinsichtlich der erzwungenen Gestellbewegung (und des Seismogramms) gleichwertig ist, und umgekehrt die zu einer bestimmten Kraftfunktion äquivalente Wellenform angegeben.

Notes: Summary The focal mechanisms of two Peruvian earthquakes, January 15, 1958, and January 13, 1960, are determined using data from both the first motion ofP and the polarization ofS. The fault motions correspond to strike slip motion on neighboring faults corresponding in strike to geophysical evidences of regional faulting. The motion is left lateral in one of the shocks, right lateral in the other.

Notes: Summary During uniaxial compression of clay cylinders it was observed that the longitudinal velocity decreased as each load increment was applied and then increased under constant stress. It is suggested that the load increment induces an increase in pore water pressure thereby reducing the effective stress. The velocity is dependent upon the effective stress and it decreases accordingly. The velocity then increases due to the dissipation of the pore pressure.

Notes: Summary It is suggested on the basis of the study of observational data gathered byJ. P. Peixoto that the eddy processes in the tropical regions of the middle troposphere operate in an inverse manner as compared with a normal heat engine. Thus, in common with the situation in the lower stratosphere, the region is characterized by a countergradient horizontal eddy heat transport and a rising of colder air and sinking of warmer air on the scale of the large eddy processes.

Notes: Summary The present research considers the vertical profiles of the radiation balance and its components for summer and autumn seasons measured by standard actinometric instruments fixed on free balloons and gives the values of radiational temperature changes in the layers of 1000 to 500 and 1000 to 20 mb.

Notes: Summary One of the main results of the rotating cylinder experiments ofFultz andHide is that the general flow regime in them is essentially determined by the ratio of the angular velocity of the fluid motions (relative to the cylinder) to that of the cylinder itself. Extending these results to the atmosphere of the sun, leads to the hypothesis that the layer in which spots are imbedded should exhibit a non-axially symmetric pattern, of theRossby type. The fluid motions, characteristic of such a general circulation pattern, are mainly along spherical surfaces, and have a wavelike (eddy) appearance similar to the planetary waves in the upper troposphere of the terrestrial atmosphere. These eddies transport momentum along these spherical surfaces from regions of relatively lower angular velocity to regions of higher velocity. Tracers (e.g., sunspots) imbedded is such a flow would show a correlation between their proper motions in latitude and longitude, such that spots moving equatorward will tend to have larger longitudinal motions (toward the west limb), and vice versa. Analysis of ten years (1935 to 1944) of Greenwich spot data shows a consistent, and (statistically) very significant correlation of spot group proper motions, in the proper sense. These results provide strong support for the existence of large-scale waves which are some modest fraction of the solar circumference, but larger than the sunspot groups. Moreover, these waves transport angular momentum (up the gradient of angular velocity) toward the equatorial regions from higher latitudes across at least the entire sunspot zone. It is not known, however, whether these eddies are the primary (or only) source of momentum to maintain the ‘equatorial acceleration’ of the sun. However, if this source were shut off, and all other processes continued unabated, this layer of the sun between latitudes ±20° would reach solid rotation in about 51/2 rotations. Because this eddy transport of momentum is counter to the gradient of angular velocity, there is an implied transformation of the kinetic energy of the eddies into the kinetic energy of the mean east-west flow. Of possibly even more interest, however, might be the possibility of transfers of kinetic energy between eddies of all different scale sizes extending down the entire spectrum to include sunspot groups and the spots themselves. Moreover, some eddy size(s) in this layer is likely to be primarily responsible for a conversion of potential to kinetic energy. A result of subsidiary interest is the systematically higher value of solar rotation (at all latitudes) derivable from this data, which includes all spots which survive for at least two days. In contrast to the work of previous authors who used only long-lived spots, the result obtained when many small spots are used, indicates perhaps a variation of the rotation rate with height in the solar atmosphere. The results provide no evidence to indicate the existence of significant meridional circulations (latitudinal driffs).

Notes: Summary The city of Athens, especially in summer, comes under the influence of sea breeze and the Etesian winds, some characteristic elements of which are given for the period 1921–1930. The diurnal march of July dew point at Athens is clearly double with main extremes at the afternoon and the secondaries in the forenoon time. However, on days with uninterrupted sea breeze three pairs of extremes characterize the variation, there being two secondary maxima and two secondary minima in the forenoon. On days, on the other hand, with uninterrupted Etesian winds the appearing double diurnal march is characterized by the forenoon main maximum and the afternoon main minimum.

Notes: Summary TheSH-type of motion in an isotropic elastic halfspace with infinite electrical conductivity subjected to an uniform magnetic field and disturbed by a buried source is investigated. Expressions for the surface displacements for various type of sources are obtained by an application of Cagniard technique. Numerical calculation has been performed for the case of a diapole source moving parallel to the surface of the halfspace with an uniform velocity.

Notes: Summary The disturbances in a viscoelastic medium by a twist of finite duration applied on the inner surface of a spherical cavity inside the medium have been considered.

Notes: Summary A previously noted analogy between certain transport equations and the heat conductivity equation is further analyzed. It is shown thatPrigogine's nonequilibrium formalism can be directly applied to statistical processes where there is a non-negative constant of the motion. If the total mass (of contaminant, tracer etc.) contained in a fluctuating system is taken as such a constant of the motion, a statistical theory of the corresponding transport process is obtained.

Notes: Summary The propagation of Love type waves on a spherical model' in the mantle of which the rigidity and density vary exponentially with the radial distance while in the core they remain constant — has been investigated. The frequency equation that has been worked out has been examined in detail for the existence of root in the particular cases when they involve Bessel Functions of smallest and largest orders.

Notes: Resumen Se aplica el análisis de energía de espectro a los datos de la variación secular geomagnética para tres observatorios del Hemisferio Sur: Pilar, Amberley, Mauritius. Las figuras 2–10 indican generalmente tres tipos de picos: a) de periodos de menos de 10 años; b) del periodo aproximado de la actividad solar de 10–11 años; c) de una fluctuación de 40–60 años. Los coeficientes de la expansión esférico-armónica de la variación secular muestran también una fluctuación del último tipo.

Notes: Summary Directions of natural remanent magnetization aftermagnetic cleaning of specimens from monzonite porphyry at Milton are given. Thermal and alternating magnetic field stability tests indicate that the resultant direction is that of the earth's magnetic field at the time of cooling. Comprison of the pole position calculated from this result with other pole positions from rocks of known age confirms the probable Permian age of the intrusion and the wide divergence of Australian from European and North American pole positions of this age.

Notes: Summary A charged particle moves with velocityv in a constant non-uniform magnetic fieldH, spiralling with Larmor radiusR. IfR is small compared with the scale lengthL of the field, the magnetic moment associated with the Larmor motion of the particle is nearly constant. Consequently θ, the (‘pitch’) angle betweenv andH, varies as arcsinH 1/2. Hence θ in such adiabatic motion is approximately the same at points on the path whereH has the same value. But the magnetic moment and the pitch angle may differ materially at two such points, each in the region whereR/L is small, if between them the particle traverses a region whereR/L is not small. This region of non-adiabatic motion ‘scatters’ the pitch angles. Such scattering is investigated for regions of weak field (R large), with and without the presence of a neutral line along whichH=0. Either type of region, it is found, can scatter the pitch angles. This gives support to the theory proposed byAkasofu andChapman to explain why auroral arcs and bands are very thin. The scattering here examined is of interest also in connection with magnetic mirror devices for nuclear energy transformation. It may also have applications to phenomena of solar and stellar atmospheres.

Notes: Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde der orographische Einfluss der Alpen auf eine westliche Höhenströmung untersucht. Dabei hat sich herausgestellt, dass bei westlicher Anströmung des Alpenmassivs die Luftpartikelchen nach rechts abgelenkt werden. Durch einen Radiosondenvergleich zwischen Payerne und Zagreb in 500 mb konnte diese von der Theorie her aufgestellte Forderung bekräftigt werden.

Notes: Summary The short description of the field distance installation for measuring spectral albedo as relation of semi-spherical fluxes of reflected and incoming radiation is made. Data on the measurements of spectral albedo in the wavelength range from 450 to 950 mμ for different natural surfaces are given.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Ergebnisse von Messflügen zur Bestimmung der Konzentrationsverteilung von Spurengasen in der freien Atmosphäre. Auf Grund dieser Aufstiege war es erstmals möglich, den Gehalt der Atmosphäre an Schwefeldioxyd und Stickstoffdioxyd bis in Höhen von 6000 m zu erfassen. Die gewonnene mittelere Konzentrations-verteilung bietet die Basis zu Abschätzungen über den Haushalt und die mittlere Verweilzeit von SO2 und NO2 in der Troposphäre.

Notes: Summary We have compared the measurements made at the same location on artificial radioactivity of the air and ozone concentration; the results show that in both cases, these products reach ground level by discrete periods of time and not continously. This is in agreement withG. Lambert's assumption of injections from the lower stratosphere throught the tropopause barrier when this barrier is temporarily opened according toStaley's computations. Other examples show how ozone and radioactivity data give complementary information in the field of movements of the atmosphere.

Notes: Summary General formulas derived for the recombination and combination coefficients of charged and uncharged aerosol particles can be adapted for calculation of the recombination coefficient of small air ions by using an appropriate correction term in the exponential function and by introducingThomson's factor of enhancement of the capturing cross-section due to the central electrical forces acting between the oppositely charged ions. By using this corrected formula for the recombination coefficient, some characteristics of the ions to be recombined can be calculated when values of the recombination coefficients measured in dependence on the pressure are applied.

Notes: Summary Measurements of the total solar radiation at normal incidence and its spectral distribution have been undertaken for clear sky conditions, at Giza, from March 1961 to February 1962. A Linke-Feussner actinometer no 113 supplied with two standard Schott filters OG1 and RG2 has been used. The results obtained for a whole year have been presented graphically and studied as function of the air mass and as diurnal variation.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Die lokalen Unterschiede der geomagnetischen zeitlichen Variationen [1, 2] wurden mit Hilfe von 3 Reiseregistrierstationen nachFanselau [3] untersucht. Hier werden die gegenseitige Beeinflussung der Variometernadeln, Veränderung der Skalenwerte über die Breite des Registrierpapiers und die Abhängigkeit der Grösse des Skalenwertes von der Temperatur sowie von der Grösse der Vertikalintensität untersucht. Die reduzierten Skalenwerte besitzen im Mittel eine Unsicherheit von nicht mehr als 0,6%. Eine grössere Genauigkeit kann bei Feldmessungen nicht erwartet werden. Aufstellung und Justierung der Stationen im Felde werden beschrieben.

Notes: Summary The problem of roots' multiplicity in the method of expansion of the kernel function in theStefanescu integral into vulgar fractions is studied. This problem is discussed for the arbitrary substratum resistivity case. It is proved that the denominator of the kernel function in theStefanescu integral has no multiple roots.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Kinematik der magnetischen Feldlinien im Plasma kann mit denselben mathematischen Hilfsmitteln studiert werden, welche sich in der Kinematik der Wirbel bewährt haben. Ausgehend vom Faradayschen Induktionsgesetz für bewegte Medien können gefolgert werden: eine notwenige und hinreichende bedingung dafür, dass die magnetischen Feldlinien mit materiellen Kurven zusammenfallen; ein Analogon zuC. Truesdells «basic vorticity formula», welches die Mitführung und Diffusion der magnetischen Feldlinien im Plasma beschreibt; Sätze zur Kinematik der Feldlinien, welche eine frei wählbare tensorielle Feldfunktion beliebiger Stufe enthalten und den vonH. Ertel formulierten «allgemeinen Wirbelsätzen» entsprechen, insbesondere Analoga zuErtels «Vertauschungsrelationen». In einem isentropen idealen Plasma ist das mit dem spezifischen Volumen multiplizierte Skalar-produkt aus der magnetischen Induktion und dem Gradienten der Entropiedichte zeitlich individuell konstant.

Notes: Summary The definition of a ‘generator’ in atmospheric electricity is considered, and various phenomena are discussed as to whether they can be described as ‘generators’.

Notes: Summary We wish to learn whether annual precipitation over the Colorado watershed is determined by occurrence or non-occurrence of a few large storms; or by other controls such as variations in frequency of minor disturbances. It is found that there is a semi-constant ‘noise’ level of about six inches precipitation per year, composed of small rains. Occasional very large storms do contribute to rank order of annual precipitation over the available data sample which covers the period 1930–1960. However, most contribution to the rank order is derived from medium-sized storms yielding 0.3–1.2 inches of precipitation over the basin. Since storm yield depends mainly on duration rather than on precipitation intensity per day, a good correlation exists between annual precipitation and the number of days with precipitation above a certain threshold.

Notes: Summary If needle-shaped ice crystals are grown in an atmosphere containing traces of nitrous gases, the amount of electrical charge generated when sharp crystal points break away, is between 10 and 50 times as high as in the case of crystals grown in absence of nitrous gases A definite relation has been found to exist between the NO 3 ′ ion concentration of the ice crytals and the amount of charge (average value 2.7×10−8, maximum value 13×10−8 coulombs per gram of ice splinters) generated upon fragmentation. The relation found is possibly of importance with respect to thunderstorm electricity generation.

Notes: Summary A statistical model of the geomagnetic field is derived, based on the assumption of an axial geocentric dipole field of strengthH e at the equator perturbed by randomly directed components of constant magnitudeh. The model fits the dispersions found from an analysis of the 1945 field, and the ratioh/H e obtained for this field and from the palaeomagnetic data both average to about 0.4. The model predicts that during reversal of the dipole field, the field intensity falls to between 0.2 and 0.4 of the steady field intensity, and this agrees with estimates made from the palaeomagnetic observations.

Notes: Summary Adopting thePizzetti-Somigliana method and using elliptic integrals we have obtained closed formulas for the space gravity field in which one of the equipotential surfaces is a triaxial ellipsoid. The same formulas are also obtained in first approximation of the equatorial flattening avoiding the use of the elliptic integrals. Using data from satellites and Earth gravity data the gravitational and geometric bulge of the Earth's equator are computed. On the basis of these results and on the basis of recent gravity data taken around the equator between the longitudes 50° to 100° E, 155° to 180° E, and 145° to 180° W, we question the advantage of using a triaxial gravity formula and a triaxial ellipsoid in geodesy. Closed formulas for the space field in which a biaxial ellipsoid is an equipotential surface are also derived in polar coordinates and its parameters are specialized to give the international gravity formula values on the international ellipsoid. The possibility to compute the Earth's dimensions from the present Earth gravity data is the discussed and the value ofMG=(3.98603×1020 cm3 sec−2) (M mass of the Earth,G gravitational constant) is computed. The agreement of this value with others computed from the mean distance Earth-Moon is discussed. The Legendre polinomials series expansion of the gravitational potential is also added. In this series the coefficients of the polinomials are closed formulas in terms of the flattening andMG.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Es werden die Ergebnisse einer Berechnung des geomagnetischen Potentials in Form einer Reihenentwicklung nach Kugelfunktionen bis zur 15. Ordnung auf Grund der magnetischen Weltkarten für die Epoche 1945,0 vonE. H. Vestine und andern vorgelegt. Bei der Ableitung des Potentialausdrucks nach der Methode der kleinsten Quadrate wurden die Orthogonalitätseigenschaften der Kugelflächenfunktionen vollständig ausgenutzt.

Notes: Summary The surface displacements ofP andS V types of motion produced in an homogeneous isotropic elastic halfspace by line- and couple-sources moving after creation parallel to the free surface with arbitrary speeds are obtained approximately by the method of steepest descent.

Notes: Summary The isotopic dilution technique is used to determine the lithium content in three water samples and one solid sample extracted from four different localities in U.A.R. The results are as follows: $$\begin{gathered} Karoon Lake163.92 \pm 0.78 \mu g/litre, \hfill \\ Ein Helwan349.50 \pm 6.86 \mu g/litre, \hfill \\ Ein Kabritea302.74 \pm 4.56 \mu g/litre, \hfill \\ Vermeculite Mica100.46 \pm 3.26 p.pm. \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$

Notes: Zusammenfassung Es werden die Grundgleichungen der Ionisations-Neutralisationsbilanz in derE-Schicht präzisiert und auf die Notwendigkeit der Berücksichtigung des Einflusses der lokalen ionisierenden Strahlungsquellen auf der Sonnenscheibe, der dynamischen ionosphärischen Vorgängen und der Veränderungen des äquivalenten Rekombinationskoeffizienten hingewiesen. Ferner wird eine Methodik zur Bestimmung der charakteristischen Grössen der Ionisations-Rekombinationsbilanz (q 0m ,q d, α) dargelegt. Zu dem Zweck werden die Messergebnisse aus der Periode der Sonnenfinsternis von zwei unweit voneinander gelegenen Ionosphärenstationen verwendet. Die Methodik wird auf die während der totalen Sonnenfinsternis am 15. Februar 1961 auf den Ionosphärenstationen in Sofia und Nesebar erhaltenen Ergebnisse angewandt. Für den Rekombinationskoeffizienten werden Werte zwischen 0,63·10−7 cm3sec−1 und 2,32·10−7 cm3sec−1 und für die Elektronenproduktion unter dem Einfluss der ionisierenden Strahlung von der homogenen Sonnenscheibeq 0m ≈1700 cm−3sec−1 erhalten.

Notes: Summary Evidence for flow structure within hexagonal columns of basalt has been sought, using measurements of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility. The observed magnetic grain alignment indicates that the flow was essentially uniform and horizontal across the hexagons which were sampled. The flow probably occurred during emplacement of the lava; there is no evidence of convection within the hexagons, either from the degree of grain alignment or its orientation.

Notes: Summary Using the fromulae given byGutenberg andRichter, the writer has computed the magnitude and energy of 1804 earthquakes which occurred in Turkey during the period 1850–1960. For drawing the ‘Isenerget’, the formula σ=log10 S has been used in accordance with the definitions given byToperczer andTrapp, whereS=Σe i/F·p represents the energy in erg/m2 h corresponding to the surface element of 0.5° Lat. x 0.5° Long. Also the relationship between the seismicity and the tectonics of Turkey has been studied by drawing the maps of the epicenters, the focus-depths and the frequences of the earthquakes with various intensities.

Notes: Summary A pilot investigation was made of the downward flux of downwind momentum through the upper layers of the water, by measuring the covariance between the horizontal and vertical water velocity components. Power spectrum analysis showed the effect to be due largely to the surface waves present.

Notes: Summary The mean zonal and meridional wind components of the northern hemisphere at different pressure levels for the summer season June–August have been determined and the mean meridional mass circulation has been computed as a function of latitude. From the mass circulation the meridional flux of moisture is computed for the latitudinal belt 0°–45° N. Using the horizontal divergence of this flux the average difference between precipitation and evapotranspiration from the earth's surface is evaluated.

Notes: Summary Using the highest global irradiance values (Sun plus sky) at noon derived from the records gathered during the years 1958 to 1963 at Genova, Monte Capellino and Sauze d'Oulx, it is demonstrated that the thermal energy which the Earth receives from the Sun is dependent from the Sun activity. Precisely, an increase of the thermal energy withR Z occurs up toR Z=160–170, whereas for greater values ofR Z the thermal energy received decreases with the increase ofR Z.

Notes: Summary This paper supplements and extends previous discussions of galaxies in the light of meteorological theory by including explicitly the effect of random motions in a star gas. The conservation integrals for momentum and kinetic energy are formulated and the kinetic energy is further partitioned into kinetic energy of the large scale flows and kinetic energy of the random star motions. The kinetic energy of the random star motions is analogous to the internal energy in an ordinary gas and is transformed into kinetic energy of the fluid flow according to a law which is a generalization of the first law of thermodynamics as applied to fluids. It is possible to make more detailed division of the kinds of energy and their laws of transformation.

Notes: Summary We continue the theoretical investigation of geostrophically balanced motions of a star gas in a rotating galaxy. The method of small perturbations is employed to derive a quasi geostrophic vorticity equation suitable for solving initial value problems for ‘slow’ galactic eddying motions. The results derived for this simple theoretical model are then generalized to obtain approximate geostrophic forecast equations suitable for study of nonlinear galactic motions over a whole disk galaxy. A simple discussion of the stability of our approximate vorticity equation is presented. It is expected that in the absence of rapid gravitational instabilities, actual eddy motions observed in spiral galaxies will be at least approximately of the type of motion discussed in this paper. The Rossby adjustment problem is investigated in this context.

Notes: Summary In the present paper,Maxwell's electromagnetic equations together with the equation of motion of two types of viscoelastic solids have been used to deal with the propagation of magneto-thermoviscoelastic plane waves.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Es wird das allgemeine Zweischichtenproblem in der Geoelektrik neu bearbeitet, und im besonderen werden zwei umfassende Folgen von Spezialfällen einer numerischen Behandlung zugänglich gemacht.

Notes: Summary The present contribution contains a brief review of palaeomagnetic investigation carried out in Czechoslovak hydrothermal deposits. So far polar wandering has been considered on the basis of palaeomagnetism of lavas and red sediments; to first approximation it agrees with palaeoclimatic data. Since the products of hydrothermal mineralizations have displayed a high stability of the magnetic parameters used in palaeomagnetism, the treatment of a greater amount of statistical material yielded data for deriving the polar wandering path during geological history. By analyzing the curve obtained it is possible to derive some geochronological conclusions concerning the age of the ore-yielding processes in the principal Czechoslovak metallogenic areas. In this way a new dating technique for products of hydrothermal mineralizations is presented based on the study of palaeomagnetic properties. At the same time, these new results are consistent with the geophysical interpretation of the polar wandering curve for Europe.

Notes: Summary A possible formal approach to a closed steady-state theory of the mean axially-symmetric variables is outlined. The approach involves alternating iterative solutions of the energy and momentum equations. In these equations the effects of transient eddy phenomena of all frequencies are assumed to be parameterized in terms of the mean symmetric variables.

Notes: Summary The possible modes of vertical transport of angular momentum in the atmosphere are considered. Momentum balance calculations for both hemispheres show the possibility of countergradient transport by vertical eddies in the region of the mid-latitude jet. As a consequence, it is pointed out that the transport of momentum downward from the region of maximum westerlies would have to be accomplished by the mean meridional motions, through the action of “Coriolis torques’. The same mechanism may account for a large part of the upward transport in the tropics. The very approximate nature of the calculations must, however, be borne clearly in mind.

Notes: Summary Concentrations of condensation nuclei were measured on the slopes of the Little Whiteface Mt. between 1200 and 3670 feet altitude in July 1963. On the average the concentration decreases exponentially with altitude and shows a strong dependence on wind direction. In addition, the influence of local contamination from a car park and a large domestic heating furnace on nuclei counts was studied and it was found that even downwind at a distance of about 1000 feet (or 350 m) the contamination by these sources is negligible.

Notes: Summary Local variations in the geomagnetic field, which are produced by stress changes in crustal rocks, are calculable from the stress patterns and the piezomagnetic properties of the rocks down to the Curie point isotherm. Release of stress during movement along a section of a transcurrent fault at an angle ϕ, measured clockwise with respect to the direction of magnetization of the rocks, produces a change in field similar to that which would be produced by the addition of a buried dipole of orientation (2ϕ±π/2), the alternative signs applying to right- and left-lateral faults. Computed seismomagnetic anomalies of horizontal, vertical and total field are plotted for different fault orientations in simple geological environments. Time-dependent magnetic anomalies with magnitudes of the order 10 gammas may commonly accompany the build-up of stress before an earthquake and provide a pre-indication of it.

Notes: Summary The observational material of 138 stations, which had during the July 1957 to December 1958 IGY period made obervations of global radiation along the longitude 10°E (±10°) between the latitudes 47°S and 70°N, had been evaluated to obtain mean monthly and annual totals of global radiation for 12 different latitudes along thea/n-meridian. The sums are compared with theoretical results obtained byBudyko, Black, andBernhardt andPhilipps. These theoretically computed values are drawn graphically or numerically from charts or tables of thea/n-authors for the coordinates corresponding to the means of the relevant IGY stations. In hardly a case the measured annual totals deviate by more than 10% from theoretical values. In hardly a case the measured annual totals deviate by more than 10% from theoretical values. TheBudyko data are the nearest approximation to the measured ones;Black's computation shows the greatest deviation. In the 0 to 47° S zone theoretical values are actually exceeded by to 20%. The annual variation is marked by the following deviations as compared to the theoretical results: In the region north to 50° latitude in October, November and January only 80% of the theoretically computed amount of radiation was observed, while in the remaining months the monthly totals are within a ±10% boundary of the theoretical values; in March about 20% ‘above normal’ global radiation was observed. Between 30° and 50°N the measured data in autumn, winter and spring 10 to 20% below the theoretical values, in the remaining time of the year the deviation is less than ±10%. A comparison with cloud conditions (relative sunshine duration) suggests that deviations cannot be interpreted merely by deviating cloud conditions of this zone. Between 0° and 30°N only January and February are 10% below theoretical values, while in August to October the totals were 10 to 15% above. South of the equator from October to May (southern summer) the radiation totals were too high by up to 25%, while in the remaining time of the year the data were about 10% below theoretical values; it should be noted that deviation increases with increasing southern latitude. For comparison theAshbel IGY global radiation charts were used which indicate similar deviations from theoretical values; there are also some differences to microcard values. There is reason to suggest that there is a complex relation between the observed deviations and variation of the large-scale circulation during IGY. The results of the small number of available turbidity measurements (Central European area only) can be interpreted in the same way. To what extent the observed deviations from theoretical values are due to weather conditions deviating during the IGY period from normal or originate from inconsistencies in the theoretical consideration cannot definition be said until inspection of the complete IGY cloud and turbidity data and the availability of the climatological material which served for the theoretical work. The latter was only the case in theBernhardt andPhilipps paper.

Notes: Summary It has been found that when seismic energy propagates along the surface of the homogeneous crust beside usual Rayleigh waves, it produces certain instability in layers through which it propagates. In the light of this instability, a type of motion corresponding to longitudinal wave will be prominent in horizontal component compared to the vertical component; while transverse wave will be prominent in the vertical component but weak in the horizontal component, a contradiction with the existing knowledge. This has been identified withP F phase. On taking the medium of propagation as slightly heterogeneous which allows existence of low velocity layer, a few larger number of such instabilities have been found. Velocity equation for Rayleigh waves for such media reveals existence of different velocities corresponding to vertical and horizontal components. Table for these velocities has been furnished.

Notes: Summary Section 1 (and 11) develops the concepts of the front velocity, the front gradient, the travel time in space and on seismometric profiles, the profile velocity and the profile gradient in connection with the propagation of the fronts of elastic waves in solid isotropic and anisotropic media. The sectional velocity and the sectional gradient are defined in terms of the motion of the curve of intersection of a front with a fixed surface. Section 2 (and 12) relates the coefficients of elasticity of the medium, the front types, and their respective rays. In section 12, the theory of fronts of arbitrary shape and of the corresponding rays for any anisotropic, homogeneous or inhomogeneous solid medium is summarized. In section 3 (and 13), the law of reflection and refraction of fronts on surfaces of discontinuity of arbitrary shape is presented. Sections 4 to 6 (and 14 to 16) treat some elementary applications of seismic travel time methods to homogeneous, uniaxially anisotropic media (=transverse isotropy) in greater detail. In section 4 (and 14), the travel time of a direct front generated by a point source is considered and it is shown how the coefficients of elasticity of the medium can be found based on travel time measurements. The seismic prospection of a plane reflector and of a reflecting boundary of arbitrary shape and position are discussed in section 5 (and 15). In section 6 (and 16), the seismic refraction method is used to locate a plane boundary between a homogeneous, uniaxially anisotropic and a homogeneous isotropic medium, where the boundary is perpendicular or at an arbitrary angle to the direction of anisotropy.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Unter der Annahme, dass die Koeffizienten der Entwicklung der Streufunktion nach Legendreschen Polynomen bekannt sind, wird die für grosse Tiefen eines trügen Mediums gültige Strahlungsintegralgleichung gelöst, indem die Lösung ebenfalls nach Legendreschen Polynomen entwickelt wird. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Koeffizienten dieser Entwicklung sich rekurrent berechnen lassen. Für das relative Unterlicht wird eine bei geringem Streuanteil gültige Näherungsgleichung abgeleitet, die nur die Koeffizienten der Entwicklung der Streufunktion nach Legendreschen Polynomen enthält.

Notes: Summary Two approaches are used to describe and distinguish between those regions of the atmosphere which most closely resemble heat engines and those which operate like refrigerators. Estimates of the conversion from eddy potential energy to mean zonal potential energy are presented as a function of height, latitude and season; the region of forced motion (or refrigerator) in the lower stratosphere appears to be closely related to the maximum westerly winds of the upper troposphere. A preliminary attempt is made to relate some values of mass transport derived from the observations of trace substances to the energy conversions.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Die im vorläufigen Bericht beschriebene Anlage für die Analyse von atmosphärischem CO2-Gehalt wurde vervollständigt. Es können nunmehr kontinuierliche Analysen sowie Einzelanalysen mit Gaspipetten ausgeführt werden. Die Arbeitsweise wird beschrieben und einige Resultate werden mitgeteilt. Es kann mit einer Messgenauigkeit von ±0.3 ppm gerechnet werden.

Notes: РезУме Разработан обЩий метод определения кривой распределения частиц дисперсной системы по размерам, исходя из данных о её спектральной прозрачности, основанный на преобразовании Меллина. Метод не содержит никаких произвольных предложений о характере спектра частиц и даёт ответ в общем виде. Предложена простая расчётная схема, приведены примеры обращения, оценена область спектра и точность измерений прозрачности, необходимые для получения обращения с заданной точностью. Существенно, что расчётная схема устойчива по отношению к ошибкам измерения и расчетов, и содержит умеренные требования к их точности.

Notes: Summary The ellipticity of the niveauellipsoid of the earth is in first approximation analog to the ellipticity of Bruns niveauspheroid the arithmetical mean of gravityellipticity and gravity-gradientellipticity.

Notes: Summary This paper discusses the possibility of using readily available isallo stress lines referring to the compressional angle γ, as an exploration tool. It is shown that inhomogeneities in the Earth will produce anomalies in the isallo stress lines. Conversely, stress anomalies can be interpreted in terms of inhomogeneities in the Earth. The stress anomalies produced by a simple inhomogeneity are discussed which serves to illustrate the idea.

Notes: Summary In the present note, an attempt has been made to investigate the wave-motions in a poro-viscoelastic medium traversed by a static magnetic field, by using the equations ofMaxwell, and those ofBiot.

Notes: Summary The reliability of earthquake fault plane solutions usingP andPKP first motion data is discussed. Effects of the usefulness of the individual data, of the number and distribution of data around the focus, of great velocity contrasts in the focal region, and of the kind of projection technique are considered. The increase of the number of inconsistent data by a change in position of the three principal axes can be used as a more or less objective measure for the reliability of a solution. A selection of 52 mantle shock solutions is presented. More than 75% of these shocks is of the thrust (or block) and the normal or reverse fault motion type. Transcurrent type shocks decrease from 40 to 50% in the upper 200 km of the mantle to less than 15% below this level. Thrust (or block) type fault motions clearly represent the normal reaction of the deeper mantle material to earthquake generating stresses.

Notes: Summary The rock specimens found to have natural remanent magnetization of abnormally high intensity, have been generally from hill sides or tops, or from ridges high up from the local surroundings. A field of several hundred oersteds has been found sufficient to produce in some of the artificially demagnetized specimens an isothermal magnetization of the same order as the abnormal natural ones, and this magnetization has shown a similar degree of stability as the natural one. Variations in the direction and magnitude of the natural magnetic vector have been found over a distance of a few centimetres. Laboratory tests indicate a normal chemical composition for the specimens. The lightning discharge seems to be the plausible cause of abnormally high magnetization of rocks, which is generally isothermal and might have originated in the recent past, but the magnetization is sometimes complicated probably by the thermal effect of the discharge.

Notes: Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird ein direktes Verfahren zur Interpretation von geoelektrischen Messungen nachSchlumberger entwickelt.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Im Raum nördlich von Berlin werden Erdstrombeobachtungen auf zwei ∼50 km langen Meßstrecken durchgeführt. Aus dem Beobachtungsmaterial wurden 112 baiähnliche Erdstromvariationen ausgewählt. Zum Vergleich wurde die Niemegker Erdstromregistrierung (Länge der Meßstrecken 1000 m) herangezogen. Die Beobachtungsdaten der beiden Stationen wurden einer statistischen Bearbeitung unterworfen. Ähnlich wie in Niemegk haben auch auf diesen 50 km langen Meßstrecken die Erdstromvektoren der längerperiodischen Variationen eine Haupteinfallsrichtung, die für das Gebiet nördlich von Berlin bis nahe zur Küste vorherrschend sein dürfte. Der Vergleich der Vektorgrössen zeigt eine bessere Übereinstimmung.

Notes: Summary The scattering by the atmospheric aerosol of radiation in the region 0.5≲λ≲2.1 μm and 4°≲ϕ≲40° is investigated experimentally. The features in the infrared can be characterized by that in the visible, but the scattering dispersion is found to be different to that expected. At scattering types nearA (or 1) in the visible there is almost no scattering dispersion for λ≳1.1 μm. At types nearB (or 2) in the visible a high scattering dispersion in the region between 0.8 μm and 1.3 μm was observed. For the whole region of wavelength including the infrared a classification similar to that used in the visible [11–14]2) is suggested.

Notes: Summary Calculations of the covariance between ozone amounts and meridional wind in the lower stratosphere are presented for all stations in the northern hemisphere for the IGY-IGC. Northward ozone transport occurs by large-scale quasi-horizontal transient and standing eddies and the transport is a maximum early in the year. It is suggested that the transport is governed by the exchange of energy between the troposphere and stratosphere and data are presented on the energy transformations within the lower stratosphere and the transfer of energy into the region which support this suggestion. The vertical flux of energy is also calculated from tropospheric data and its seasonal changes are seen to be in the correct phase to explain the spring maximum in ozone amount.

Notes: Summary The atmospheric transmissivity in the water vapour absorption band (6–6.5 μ) is evaluated using the recent Tiros III data and based onGoody's statistical model.

Notes: Zusammenfassung Es wird eine einfache Gerätekombination beschrieben, die den Momentawert der Strahlungsintensität und gleichzeitig ihr zeitliches Integral registriert. Seit Oktober 1961 wird die Registrieranodnung am Meteorologischen Observatorium Hohenpeissenberg erprobt. Die Auswertung ist sehr einfach und objektiv, wobei es gleichgültig ist, ob es sich um einen ungestörten oder um einen stark gestörten Tag handelt.

Notes: Summary Seasonal variations of cloudiness have been studied for the different zones of the United Arab Republic. It was found to be very low and to decrease more towards lower latitudes. From the records of a Campbell Stokes Sunshine recorder, installed at the Agro-meteorological Station at Giza, during a period of six years from 1956 to 1961, the monthly and daily variations of the hours of sunshine duration, have been also studied in detail and presented in a practical form.

Notes: Summary Demineralization of saline water, using different designs of solar stills, has been considered. The productivity and efficiency of these stills, were determined daily and for a whole year. To investigate the basic principles of the solar distillation process, meteorological measurements concerning the solar intensity the wind speed and the ambient air temperature were undertaken simultaneously together with the temperature measurements of the brine and the glass cover of one of the stills during its operation. The results obtained gave valuable information concerning the construction and design of solar stills.

Notes: Summary The mean diameter of the human pupil was measured during stimulation of the eye with light of sinusoidally varying intensity and during stationary illumination with the corresponding average intensity. Continuous records of the pupil diameter were obtained using an electronic pupillometer. The light stimuli were electronically controlled by utilizing the Faraday effect and applied under “open loop” conditions. The pupil responded with a net contraction to modulation of the light intensity within a range of modulation frequencies up to 30 c/sec. The net contraction was maximal between 1 and 3 c/sec, but remained significant at high frequencies, which did not result in a periodic light reflex any more. The higher the modulation degree and the average intensity, the larger the net contraction. The dependence of the net contraction upon the modulation frequency is very similar to that of the subjective brightness (Brücke effect), although certain difficulties are encountered in attempting a direct comparison of the two phenomena.

Notes: Summary The optical properties of the compound eye of Drosophila have been analysed using the optomotor reactions of flies with normal and mutant eye pigmentation. The stimulus was provided by cylindrical patterns with different periodic intensity distributions rotating at different speeds. The response consists of a torque about the vertical axis and was recorded under conditions of fixed flight. (Maximum reaction is about 0.04 dyn · cm). The transfer characteristics of the optical system are determined by the inter-ommatidial angle Δϕ, influencing the resolving power and by the width of the visual field of single ommatidia Δρ, influencing the response at high spatial frequencies. The values Δϕ = 4.6° and Δρ= 3.5° are obtained from stimulus-response experiments with Drosophila. They are independent of the presence of screening pigments. Differences in the response of flies with strong (+, se), weak (w a), and missing (w) pigmentation can be explained by the increased amount of scattered light in the pigment-deficient eyes. The overall intensities in the equally illuminated receptors are expected to be in the ratio 1∶1∶8∶25, respectively. The perception of motion depends only on the temporal, not on the spatial phase relations between periodic intensity variations in neighbouring ommatidia. Therefore the inhomogeneous distribution of the inter-ommatidial angle Δϕ changes the resolving power in different parts of the eye without changing the response to motion. Different simultaneous stimuli of equal strength in different parts of the eye are averaged in the perceptive system of Drosophila according to the number of ommatidia in these parts.

Notes: Abstract Whenever the eye views a spatially-varying gradient of luminance, the Mach bands arise, causing a subjective distribution different from the luminance distribution of the field of view. This phenomenon has been used for the determination of the contrast-transfer function of the visual system when working under normal viewing conditions, i.e., operating in a region where both luminance and detail size are well above threshold. The Mach bands have been measured by making subjective photometric comparisons and the data have been analyzed under the assumption of linearity of response to input. The hypothesis that the visual system may be treated as an approximately linear link in the imaging chain is satisfied best when the luminances are plotted logarithmically. The possibility of this type of investigation is discussed. The result found is compared with apparent subjective contrast measurements of a sine-wave spatial luminance distribution.

Notes: Summary This paper is concerned with the learning matrix for non-binary signals (LMn) as a classifying network. It can be shown that the properties of a LMn are determined by five parameters. One of these parameters corresponds to a criterion of similarity as the basis of the classification process. Two types of LMn, incorporating different criteria of similarity are investigated and compared as far as the accuracy and the invariance of classification are concerned. The second part of the paper deals with the technical realization of both types of the LMn. There the main problem is the storage of non-binary information in the connecting elements of the LMn. This difficulty can be met by the application of control techniques. Finally some results of investigations on transfluxors are reported which show that transfluxors are suitable connecting elements of a LMn.

Notes: Summary Using the physical and mathematical basis given in two foregoing papers, a differential equation is proposed for a model of the biological 24-hour-periodicity. This oscillation equation contains two characteristic non-linearities describing the self-sustaining property and the “circadian rule”. The right side of the equation (“external force”) represents the controlling environmental conditions, mainly the intensity of illumination. Solutions were obtained for different environmental conditions using a digital computer. Under “constant conditions” the solution of the equation describes oscillations self-sustained within a certain range of environmental conditions. In this range the oscillations fulfil the circadian rule, e.g. for light-active organisms: The frequency and the mean value of the oscillation increase with increasing light intensity; with an additional (arbitrary) threshold separating activity time and rest time for describing an activity rhythm, the α∶ρ (activity time ∶ rest time) ratio and the total amount of activity also increase. Under periodically changing environmental conditions five properties of the “Zeitgeber” used (two distinct intensities with twilight transitions) are variable and varied: The range of oscillation of the Zeitgeber, its frequency, its mean value, its L ∶ D ratio (time relation of light time and dark time), and the duration of the twilights. The most important of the examined properties was the phase angle difference between the (forced) oscillation and the (forcing) Zeitgeber. The general result for light-active organisms was: The phase of the oscillation advances relative to the Zeitgeber (in sofar as the oscillation is synchronized) if the period of the Zeitgeber, or its mean value, or its L∶D ratio, or the duration of the twilights increase. In dark-active organisms, the relation between phase angle difference and the mean value or the L∶D ratio is reversed. Exceptions to this general rule exist in the relation between phase angle difference and L ∶ D ratio if the “free running” period of the oscillation deviates too much from the period of a “weak” Zeitgeber (mainly in dark-active organisms) or if the duration of the twilights is too short (especially if the transitions are rectangular). Single exposures to light (or darkness) during constant conditions result in phase shifts depending in direction and amount on the phase of the oscillation at which the disturbance occured. The resulting response curves depend in range and form on the one hand on the time of measuring the phase shifts (either immediately or after several periods — in the steady state — following the disturbance) and, on the other hand, on the intensity of the initial illumination, on the duration, and on the intensity of the exposures, each in a different manner. Moreover, response curves effective in LD conditions deviate from those measured under constant conditions; the reason being the difference in the energy state of the oscillations in the two conditions. Therefore, it is impossible to derive the phase angle difference between the oscillation and a Zeitgeber in self-sustained oscillations from the measurement of response curves alone. The oscillation equation used contains only one free parameter, the frequency coefficient. If this coefficient is changed, the equation describes other biological rhythms. For instance, with a high value it describes the behaviour of single nerve cells, and that not only in cases of spontaneous rhythmicity (e.g. receptor cells) but also in cases of reactions to single or rhythmic stimuli. Moreover, the derived characteristics of the equation — especially the non-linearities — seem to be significant for other biological problems such as control mechanisms.

Notes: Summary Binary sequences, whose statistical properties follow some law can be predicted with an accuracy depending on their statistical law. The conditional cumulative entropy is a measure of predictability and can be measured in a relatively simple way by using suitable methods. A binary predictor can be realized by the learning matrix for binary signals due to K. Steinbuch. The predictor system depends on the order of the statistical interdependence of the binary digits, which can be expressed in terms of cumulative redundancy. Binary sequences randomly generated by subjects show statistical interdependence between even three preceding digits. Experiments with 121 such binary sequences with 700 digits each have shown that on the average 73% of the digits can be predicted.

Notes: Summary It has been demonstrated that by functional error correction of translator circuits according to the definitions of part 1 a) it is possible to obtain the correct response in spite of a limited number of failing hardware elements; b) failing hardware elements can be located quickly and without large expense c) the cost of this method is insignificantly higher, eventually even lower than conventional diode circuitery (see fig. 14) d) the probability of failure of these circuits is by some magnitudes lower than that of conventional circuits (see fig. 13) e) the number of corrigible circuit failures can be increased under certain conditions (see part 3) likewise by subdivision of the correcting matrix (see table II). In this case the number of hardware elements or the cost of the self-correcting circuits resp. (see fig. 5 and table 2) is reduced further. f) The code redundancy of the non-binary code of the similarity matrix can be fully utilized by multiple discrimination and processing by several correcting matrices (see eq. 12).

Notes: Zusammenfassung/Summary 1. The activity of single nerve cells in the visual system of cats (curarized or encéphale isolé preparations) was investigated. Records were sampled from units in the optic tract, the lateral geniculate body, and the striate cortex. The non-sequential interval distribution and the mean discharge rate of spontaneous activity and of that during stimulation of the retina with continuous light was analysed over long periods. An interval analyser was used. 2. The mean discharge rate of spontaneous activity is highest in the optic tract and decreases significantly towards the visual cortex. The mean values are: 35.5 per sec in the optic tract (13 units), 14.0 per sec in the lateral geniculate (24 units) and 5.7 per sec in the visual cortex (145 units). 3. The variety of possible interval distributions was reduced to 3 characteristic types. As belonging to type I those distributions were classified which showed exponential form. Only the frequency of short intervals was reduced, so that the distribution had a peak at 8–10 msec. The joint interval histogram showed that the successive single discharges were independent from each other. From this it could be assumed that spike generation in these cells occurs according to a Poisson-type process. The initial dead time can be explained by the excitability cycle of the units or by recurrent or collateral synaptic interactions. — Bi- or trimodal interval distributions were labelled as type II. The different peaks were attributed to different activity determining factors. A third group (type III) is found by those distributions which show transitional characteristics between the other two. Only one peak of short intervals is distinguishable and flanked by a wide and unsystematic distribution of longer intervals. 4. In the optic tract mainly type I, in the lateral geniculate mainly type II and in the visual cortex almost always type III distributions were found. 5. The interval distribution from each unit in darkness remained essentially the same under continuous illumination, even though the average discharge rate of optic nerve fibers was considerably changed by stimulation. In cortical cells only little changes of discharge rate were induced by continuous illumination of the retina.

Notes: Summary The functional properties of the processing of visual information by the complex eye of Limulus was studied. The spatial distribution of activity that results in the optic nerve when the Limulus eye is exposed to a stationary optical pattern depends upon the transfer characteristics of two subsystems: the dioptric apparatus and the nervous interactions comprising the lateral inhibition system. — The transfer characteristic of the dioptric apparatus is determined by the sensitivity distribution function of single ommatidia. This distribution was measured and found to be approximately of Gauss-function type. The sensitivity falls off to 1/e at a distance of one ommatidium; thus the visual fields of adjacent ommatidia strongly overlap. As a consequence of the overlap, amplitudes of the spatial Fourier components, of which the brightness distribution of the optical surround is made up, are more and more reduced with increasing frequency in the intensity distribution on the receptor mosaic. The amplitude of the spatial frequency 1/λ=0,25 (λ in units of interommatidial distance) is reduced to half of the maximum value, which is attained at zero frequency. It is shown that the amplitude frequency characteristic of the sensitivity distribution function has no zeros, which means that no loss of optical information results from overlap of visual fields. Thus the resolving power of the dioptric apparatus is limited only by the number of receptors per unit area. — The transfer characteristic of the lateral inhibition system in the Limulus eye depends on the distribution of the inhibitory coefficients around the individual receptors. This distribution function was determined from excitatory responses in the optic nerve elicited by a spatial light intensity step function on the receptor mosaic. It is found that this distribution is also Gaussian in form, but decays to 1/e at a distance of eight to nine ommatidia along the major axis of the eye. The average value of the inhibitory coefficients between adjacent ommatidia was found to be 0,025. The amplitude frequency response of the inhibitory system is constant for high spatial frequencies down to 1/λ=0,1 while amplitudes of lower frequency sinusoids are reduced down to nearly half of the maximum value at frequency zero. The amplitude frequency characteristic of the inhibitory system ensures a one to one correspondence between the intensity distribution on the receptor mosaic and the excitation distribution in the optic nerve. The overall transfer characteristic of the eye is derived from the transfer characteristics of the dioptric apparatus and the inhibitory system. This characteristic is of bandpass type with a maximum amplitude response at a frequency of 1/λ=0,07. The overall transfer characteristic was independently confirmed in a separate experiment. The nature of the overall transfer characteristic shows that the inhibitory system does not exactly correct for the overlap of the visual fields of single ommatidia, which in principal the system could do if the distributions of inhibitory coefficients and ommatidia sensitivity were equal. The overall transfer characteristic of the Limulus eye garantees a one to one correspondence between patterns in the optical surround and excitation distributions in the optic nerve. — The average values of the inhibitory coefficients derived from these experiments are at least a factor ten smaller than those determined directly by other investigators. Possible explanations of this discrepency are discussed. — In a separate chapter the overall transfer characteristic for eyes submerged in water is described. It was found that this characteristic does not differ from that determined in air for the eye region which was investigated in the experiments. This result is explained by two properties of the eye which are dependent on the refractive index of the surround medium and whose influences cancel each other: the visual fields of ommatidia are reduced under water, while the divergence angles between the optical axes of adjacent ommatidia also diminish.

Notes: [Auszug] IN the preceding communication further evidence from neonatal thymectomy-thymic grafting experiments with mice was given in favour of the belief that there is a natural efferent flow of cells from the thymus to sites of lymphoid tissue elsewhere in the body, at least in the early weeks of life. The ...

Notes: [Auszug] THE shape of irregular solid particles can be expressed in geometrical or dynamical terms. The purpose of this article is to explain a method of making alternative descriptions consistent with one another. The dynamical size is usually found by measuring the rate of fall; this is often obtained in ...

Notes: [Auszug] In 1907 when Gunther was preparing the material for his book Pausilypon (Oxford 1914), an archaeological reconstruction of the foreshore, he received a visit, on August 21, from Prof. G. de Lorenzo, professor of geology at Naples, and the day was spent visiting the sites on Posilipo. In the late ...

Notes: [Auszug] This simple proportionality to the average intensity holds, however, only if the intensity is sufficiently weak. For light as intense as that from lasers new effects appear: the rate of excitation or de-excitation will in general be different for multi-directional radiation than for a ...

Notes: [Auszug] Equation of Motion. Spherical polar co-ordinates (r, q, c) are chosen with the cone and plate having equations q = b and q = p/2, respectively. It is assumed that both the cone and plate perform small amplitude oscillations about their common axis with the same frequency f but with different ...

Notes: [Auszug] Anomalous results obtained on metallographic examination of quenched samples suggested that the published b/a + b boundary was in error. The position of this boundary was therefore redetermined using resistivity measurements in vacuo on specimens 1.5 in. x 0.25 in. x 0.10 in. machined from the ...

Notes: [Auszug] We have prepared trapped electrons by the reaction of alkali metals with ice at 77 K in a rotating cryostat. The method, which has been described previously6, 7, was to deposit a thin discontinuous layer of alkali metal atoms on to a moving surface of a second reactant, in this case ice, held at 77 ...