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Select this Article		Is the technical report an information tomb? Dwight E. Gray



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Select this Article		Microwave spectroscopy Walter Gordy



	+ -	Show Topic A new and rapidly expanding field of research, microwave spectroscopy was practically nonexistent before World War II. Some of the consequences of the research that microwave radar developments made possible are discussed below.

Select this Article		Improvements in the precision of beta‐ray spectroscopy Jesse W. M. DuMond



	+ -	Show Topic The beta‐ray spectrometer discussed in the following pages has recently been completed at the California Institute of Technology. It is shown in cross section on the cover.

Select this Article		The isotope effect in superconductivity E. Maxwell



	+ -	Show Topic The following article, based on a paper given at the May meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington, describes a recently discovered phenomenon in the behavior of superconducting elements.

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Select this Article		Les Atmosphères Stellaires Daniel Barbier and Serge A. Korff, Reviewer



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	+ -	Show Topic Symmetry; Extension and Dissemination of the Electrical and Magnetic Units by the National Bureau of Standards

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	+ -	Show Topic Walter Kidde Nuclear Laboratories; Battelle Laboratories at Frankfurt, Geneva; Nuclear Physics Labs at NRL.

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