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Brown, Louis.

Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington :Volume 2, The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington :
Reminder of title:	Volume 2, The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Author:	Brown, Louis.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2005.
Description:	315 p.
Subject:	Research.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511535611 (electronic bk.)

Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington :Volume 2, The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
Brown, Louis.

Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington :Volume 2, The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2005. - 315 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 ESTABLISHMENT; 2 CRUISES AND WAR; 3 EXPEDITIONS; 4 MEASUREMENTS: MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC; 5 THE FLEMING TRANSITION; 6 THE LAST CRUISE; 7 THE MAGNETIC OBSERVATORIES AND FINAL LAND OBSERVATIONS; 8 THE IONOSPHERE; 9 COLLABORATION AND EVALUATION; 10 THE TESLA COIL; 11 THE VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATOR; 12 THE NUCLEAR FORCE; 13 FISSION; 14 COSMIC RAYS; 15 THE PROXIMITY FUZE AND THE WAR EFFORT; 16 THE TUVE TRANSITION; 17 POSTWAR NUCLEAR PHYSICS; 18 THE CYCLOTRON; 19 BIOPHYSICS; 20 EXPLOSION SEISMOLOGY; 21 ISOTOPE GEOLOGY

The second of five Histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington describes the work of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. A century of research has seen advances in an astonishing range of subjects from ionospheric physics, to geochemistry and planetary science. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs of people and events.

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Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511535611 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

214540
Research.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Q179.9 .C45 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 507.20753

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