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Annotated Index No. 34 of Literature on the Physical Sciences Published in the USSR in March 1948
a) Books, Brochures, and Collections of Articles
1. Anosov V. Ya. and Pogodin S. A., Fundamentals of Physicochemical Analysis, 876 pp., 846 figures in the text and 20 portraits on 4 inserts (Academy of Sciences of the USSR, N. S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry). Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 71 rubles (bound), print run 5000.
A monograph intended for researchers and graduate students specializing in physicochemical analysis.
2. Gelperin N. I., professor, doctor of technical sciences, Distillation and Rectification, 312 pp., 49 figs. State Scientific-Technical Publishing House of Chemical Literature, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 20 rubles (bound), print run 3000.
The book is intended to serve as a practical manual for engineering and technical workers in industry, and also as a textbook for students of higher educational institutions. Contents (by chapters): I—Physicochemical fundamentals of the processes of distillation and rectification (7–43), II—Processes of evaporation and condensation (44–90), III—Rectification of binary mixtures (91–234), IV—Rectification of multicomponent mixtures (235–278).
3. Galtsov A. P., Weather and Its Prediction, 64 pp. with figs. State Publishing House of Cultural-Educational Literature, Moscow, 1947, price 1 ruble 40 kopecks, print run 200,000.
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A popular-science brochure intended for the reader with little preparation. Contents (by sections): Weather forecasting (3–9), Atmospheric pressure and wind (10–22), Air masses and fronts (23–45), Local weather forecasts (46–60), The modern weather service and its future (61–63).
4. Deformability of Non-Ferrous Alloys, responsible editor Prof., Doctor of Chemical Sciences S. I. Gubkin, 219 pp., with figs. (Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Metallurgy), Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 13 rubles, print run 3,000.
Contents: S. I. Gubkin, Mechanical scheme of deformation (7–16), S. I. Gubkin, Nature of metal ductility (17–30), S. I. Gubkin and E. M. Savitskii, Diagrams of the plasticity of magnesium and its deformable alloys (31–43), S. I. Gubkin and E. M. Savitskii, Method for constructing orientational straight lines (44–53), S. I. Gubkin, Laws of additional stresses (54–64), S. I. Gubkin and N. I. Bashilova, Law of proportional resistances as applied to metalworking by pressure (65–85), S. I. Gubkin, P. S. Istomin and I. L. Perlin, The problem of increasing reductions in a single pass as against those existing in the rolling of non-ferrous metals and alloys (86–127), S. I. Gubkin, Ductility of magnesium alloys (128–158), S. I. Gubkin and E. M. Savitskii, On the choice of stock for rolling magnesium alloys (159–174), S. I. Gubkin and E. M. Savitskii, Influence of aluminum and zinc content on the rollability of magnesium alloys (175–194), S. I. Gubkin, Deformability of lead bronze (195–209), S. I. Gubkin, Deformability of certain copper-zinc alloys (210–217).
5. Dobrokhotov N. N., full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Fundamental Concepts of Thermodynamics, 64 pp., 4 figs. State Publishing House of Technical Literature of Ukraine, Kiev—Lviv, 1947, price 3 rubles, print run 5,000.
A concisely presented outline of thermodynamics, accessible to readers with preparation on the scale of a secondary-school course. Contents (by sections): Fundamental thermodynamic concepts (3–25), Thermodynamics of gas flows (26–31), Chemical thermodynamics (32–46), Application of chemical thermodynamics to the solution of problems in metallurgy (47–59), Reference tables (59–63).
6. Dogadkin B. A., Chemistry and Physics of Rubber, 422 pp., 159 figs. State Scientific-Technical Publishing House of Chemical Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 15 rubles 50 kopecks (bound), print run 4,000.
The book has been approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR as a textbook for chemical higher educational institutions. It sets forth the chemical and physical properties of natural and synthetic rubber, and also gives a description of the physico-chemical aspects of the phenomena underlying the technology of rubber and caoutchouc.
7. Sommerfeld A., Mechanics, translated from the German by T. E. Tamm, edited by D. V. Sivukhin, 392 pp., 58 figs. State Publishing House of Foreign Literature, Moscow, 1947, price 20 rubles (bound), no print run stated.
The book is an introduction to mechanics as a branch of theoretical physics.
Contents (by chapters): I — Mechanics of a point (7–66), II — Mechanics of a system, the principle of virtual work and d’Alembert’s principle
(67—120), III — Oscillations (121—163), IV — Rigid body (165—227), V — Relative motion (228—253), VI — Integral principles of mechanics and the general Lagrange equations (254—292), VII — Differential principles of mechanics (293—301), VIII—Hamilton’s theory (302—332).
- Investigations in the field of measuring length, mass, and time, Proceedings of VNIIM, Collection LMT, Issue No. 2 (57), edited by V. G. Makhrovsky, 80 pp. with illus. and 1 insert (Committee for Measures and Measuring Instruments under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology named after D. I. Mendeleev). VNIIM Publishing House, L., 1947, price 6 rub., print run 1200.
Contents: P. P. Zubrilin, Brucus–Pitter vertical comparator. Investigations and methods of application (5—17), M. M. Zabezhinsky, On the question of standards of surface cleanliness (18—24), G. D. Kokosh, On the application of photographic recording for registering oscillations of balances (25—30), N. Kh. Preipich, On the question of testing stopwatches (31—48), V. D. Derevyankin, Recalculation of the longitude of VNIIM, determined in 1924 in the system FK₃ (49—54), M. P. Pavlov, On the question of applying a “free pendulum” for the construction of astronomical clocks (55—72), S. S. Tovgrichenko, On the question of determining the value of a turn of the ocular micrometer of portable astronomical instruments (73—78).
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Kaptsov N. A., Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Pavel Nikolaevich Yablochkov—the glory and pride of Russian electrical engineering (1847—1894), stenogram of a public lecture delivered in the Central Lecture Hall of the Society in Moscow, 23 pp. with illus. and portrait in the text (All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge). Pravda Publishing House, M., 1947, price 60 kopecks, print run 150,000.
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Kedrolivansky V. N., Meteorological instruments, 440 pp., 362 figs., 3 inserts. Hydrometeorological Publishing House, L., 1947, price 25 rub. (in binding), print run 8000.
A scientific monograph intended for meteorological specialists, students, and postgraduates. Contents (by chapters): I — Determination of time at a meteorological station (11—18), II—Measurement of temperature (28—98), III — Measurement of air humidity (99—147), IV — Measurement of evaporation (147—167), V — Observation of clouds (167—187), VI — Measurement of precipitation (187—216), VII — Measurement of solar radiation (216—261), VIII — Measurement of atmospheric pressure (261—332), IX — Measurement of wind (333—391), X — Measurement of dust content of the air, illumination, and visibility (391—411), XI—Automatic meteorological stations (411—414).
- Kondratyuk Yu. V., The conquest of interplanetary spaces, second edition, edited by P. I. Ivanov, 84 pp., 7 figs. Oborongiz, M., 1947, price 4 rub., print run 5000.
A scientific monograph. Contents (by chapters): I — Rocket data. Basic notation (16—18), II.—Load formula (18—20), III — Exhaust velocity. Chemical material (20—26), IV — Process of combustion, construction of the combustion chamber and nozzle (26—28), V — Proportional mass (28—33), VI — Types of trajectory and required rocket velocities (33—44), VII — Maximum acceleration (44—47), VIII — Effect of the atmosphere on the rocket upon departure
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(47–62), IX — Damping of the velocity of return by atmospheric resistance (63–72), X — Interplanetary base and rocket-artillery supply (72–75), XI — Rocket control, measuring and orienting instruments (75–77), XII — General prospects (77–79), XIII — Experiments and investigations (80–82).
12. Kushnir Yu. M., Candidate of Physico-Mathematical Sciences, A Window into the Invisible (The Electron Microscope), 56 pp., 37 figs. (Popular Science Library), OGIZ, State Publishing House of Technical-Theoretical Literature, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 90 kopecks, print run 50,000.
13. Landsberg G. S., Optics, 2nd ed., revised, 631 pp., 430 figs. (General Course of Physics, vol. III), OGIZ, State Publishing House of Technical-Theoretical Literature, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 16 rubles 75 kopecks, binding 1 ruble, print run 25,000.
The Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR has approved the book as a textbook for universities. The book is based on the course of lectures on general physics given by the author for a number of years at Moscow University. Contents (by sections): Introduction (13–36), I — Interference of light (37–86), II — Diffraction of light (87–138), III — Geometrical (ray) optics (139–229), IV — Polarization of light (230–265), V — Scale of electromagnetic waves (266–281), VI — Speed of light (282–326), VII — Passage of light through the boundary between two media (327–350), VIII — Optics of anisotropic media (351–376), IX — Molecular optics (377–444), X — Actions of light (445–481), XI — Thermal radiation (482–508), XII — Luminescence (509–569).
14. Maisel S. O., Prof., New Sources of Light, transcript of a public lecture delivered at the Central Lecture Hall of the Society in Moscow, 19 pp.; 7 figs. (All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge). Pravda Publishing House, Moscow, 1947, price 60 kopecks, print run 115,000.
15. Mezentsev V. A., Wind, 64 pp., 23 figs. State Publishing House of Cultural-Educational Literature, Moscow, 1947, price 2 rubles, print run 100,000 (first printing — 20,000).
A popular-science brochure intended for the poorly prepared reader.
16. Mirkhulava I. A., Docent, General Physics, A Short Guide, 407 pp., 320 figs. Gruzmedgiz, Tbilisi, 1946 [on the binding: 1947], price 12 rubles 30 kopecks, binding 1 ruble, print run 3000 (in the Georgian language).
A textbook intended for readers with preparation corresponding to the secondary-school course.
17. Auger Pierre, What Are Cosmic Rays, translated from the English by N. Ya. Rabinovich, 108 pp., 16 figures in the text and 22 figs. outside the text, OGIZ, State Publishing House of Technical-Theoretical Literature, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 2 rubles 60 kopecks, print run 25,000.
A popular-science book intended for readers with preparation corresponding to the secondary-school course. Contents (by chapters): I — The story of one discovery (5–16), II — The heroic epoch (17–37), III — Showers, pairs, “bursts” (“pushes”) and stars (38–63), IV — Cosmic rays pay tribute to time (64–79), V — The limit is the sky (80–108).
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18. Olson G., Dynamic Analogies, translated from the English by B. A. Korobochkin, edited by M. A. Aizerman, 224 pp., 61 figs., State Publishing House of Foreign Literature, Moscow, 1947, price 13 rubles (bound), no print run indicated.
A scientific monograph intended chiefly for physicists familiar with the theory of oscillations, and for radio engineers, electrical engineers, and acousticians. Contents: I — Introduction (9–12), II — Elements (13–27), III — Electrical, mechanical translational, mechanical rotational, and acoustic systems with one degree of freedom (28–40), IV — Electrical, mechanical translational, mechanical rotational, and acoustic systems with two and three degrees of freedom (41–56), V — Correcting circuits (57–100), VI — Filters (101–112), VII — Transient processes (113–132), VIII — Moving systems (133–163), IX — Generator systems (164–182), X — Theorems (183–192), XI — Examples of application (193–205).
19. Pollard E. and Davidson W., Applied Nuclear Physics, translated by M. N. Flerova, edited by L. A. Artsimovich, 328 pp., 59 + 8 figs. in the text and on 2 inserts, OGIZ, State Publishing House of Technical-Theoretical Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 12 rubles, binding 2 rubles, print run 10,000.
The book is intended for scientific workers who are not specialists in the physics of the atomic nucleus, and also for students beginning the study of this branch of physics. The book gives an account of modern methods for producing and observing fast particles, methods for obtaining artificial radioactive elements and applying them in practice; an elementary exposition of nuclear theory is given. Contents (by chapters): 1 — Alchemy, atoms, and radioactivity (7–17), 2 — Properties of nuclear radiations (18–27), 3 — Observation of nuclear particles (28–64), 4 — Methods for accelerating nuclear particles (65–97), 5 — Nuclear transformations (98–141), 6 — Radioactivity (142–171), 7 — Technique in artificial radioactivity (172–204), 8 — Practical application of artificial radioactivity (205–235), 9 — Stable isotopes and their application (236–256), 10 — Nuclear fission (257–273), 11 — Nuclear theory (274–289).
20. Reinberg S. A., full member of the Society, Honored Worker of Science, Professor, X-rays and their application in medicine, stenogram of a public lecture delivered on September 18, 1947, in the Central Lecture Hall of the Society in Moscow, 32 pp. (All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge), Pravda Publishing House, Moscow, 1947, price 60 kopecks, print run 115,000.
21. Rytov S. M., Professor, Levshin V. L., Professor, Feinberg E. L., Professor, Groshev L. V., Professor (compilers), Course of Physics. Electricity. Optics. Physics of the Atomic Nucleus. Edited by Academician N. D. Papaleksi. Volume II, 695 pp., 408 figs., OGIZ, State Publishing House of Technical-Theoretical Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 18 rubles, binding 1 ruble, print run 25,000.
The book has been approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR as a textbook for higher technical educational institutions and for the physics-and-mathematics faculties of universities. Contents (by parts and chapters): IV — Electricity (9–322), I — Introduction (9–19), II — Electric field (20–49), III — Potential. Energy of the electric field (50–74), IV — Direct electric current (75–96), V — Electric current in metals (97–115), VI — Electric current in electrolytes (116–136), VII — Electric current in gases (137–160), VIII — Magnetic field (151–188), IX — Magnetic field in matter.
Magnetics (189—221), X — Electromagnetic induction. Quasi-stationary currents (222—262), XI — Maxwell’s theory (263—275), XII — Electrical oscillations (276—297), XIII — Electromagnetic waves (298—322), V — Optics (323—641), XIV — Introduction (323—341), XV — Interference of light (342—367), XVI — Diffraction of light (368—393), XVII — Geometrical optics (394—449), XVIII — Diffraction in optical instruments (450—458), XIX — Dispersion of light (459—483), XX — Polarization of light (484—524), XXI — Optics of moving bodies and the special theory of relativity (525—545), XXII — Quantum optical phenomena (546—562), XXIII — Emission and absorption of light (563—594), XXIV — Physiological optics, photometry, and colorimetry (595—611), XXV — Structure of the atom (612—641), VI — Physics of the atomic nucleus (642—686), XXVI — Radioactivity (642—662), XXVII — Atomic nucleus (663—686).
22. Skilling G. G., Introduction to the Theory of Electromagnetic Waves, translated from the English by A. A. Kolosov and L. A. Meerovich, 199 + 3 pp., 65 figs. State Publishing House for Literature on Communications and Radio, Moscow, 1947, price 10 rubles (bound), print run 10,000.
The book is an elementary introduction to the classical theory of electromagnetism. The book sets forth, in a fairly popular form (but using formulas of higher mathematics), the basic principles and the applications of the theory of electromagnetism most important for radio engineering. Contents (by chapters): I — Experiments with an electrostatic field (7—16), II — Vector analysis (17—44), III — Some theorems relating to fields (45—58), IV — Electrostatic field (59—72), V — Dielectrics (73—76), VI — Electric current (77—83), VII — Magnetic field (84—101), VIII — Examples and explanations (102—113), IX — Maxwell’s hypothesis (114—123), X — Plane waves (124—137), XI — Radiation (138—152), XII — Antennas (153—166), XIII — Waveguides (167—188).
23. Universal Transformer, 8 + 1 pp., 5 figs., without title page (Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, Glavuchtekhprom). Publication, Physics no. 9, of teaching-visual aids of Glavuchtekhprom of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, no city, 1947, price 70 kopecks, print run 6000.
An explanatory brochure for an apparatus designed by N. A. Toropov and manufactured by the “Phazelectropribor” plant.
24. Fesenkov V. G., ed., Meteoric Matter in Interplanetary Space, 276 pp., 19 figs. (Academy of Sciences of the USSR — Committee on Meteorites, Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR — Institute of Astronomy and Physics). Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 14 rubles (bound), print run 1500.
A scientific monograph. Contents (by chapters): I — Some data on matter in interplanetary space (3—19), II — Light phenomena assumed to be possible streams of hyperbolic meteors (22—36), III — Integral effect of the disintegration of periodic comets (37—59), IV — On the probability of capture of comets as a function of the orbital inclination (61—65), V — On the possible number and total surface area of asteroids (66—72), VI — On the effect of disaggregation of asteroids (73—100), VII — Motion of cosmic dust in interplanetary space (101—127), VIII — Determination of the density in a medium of interplanetary meteoric matter on the basis of the stationarity condition (128—134), X — Theoretical determination of spatial-
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...of the natural density of meteoric matter in interplanetary space (135–150), X — On the rate of change of the matter of zodiacal light (151–157), XI — Zodiacal light according to visual observations and considerations concerning its photometric investigation (158–162), XII — Theory of the glow of the night sky (163–207), XIII — Determination of the effective height of the glow of the ionosphere (208–213), XIV — Separation of the components of the luminosity of the night sky (214–250), XV — Photometric observations of zodiacal light and their interpretation (251–271).
25. Fligel’man V. S. and Roginskii I. Yu., Clock Mechanisms, 272 pp., 132 figs. Leningrad Newspaper-Journal and Book Publishing House, no city, 1947; price 12 rub. (in paper cover), print run 5000.
An elementary course on clock mechanisms.
26. Color and Stereoscopic Cinema, Proceedings of the Scientific-Technical Conference (May 1946), 76 pp., with figs. (Ministry of Cinematography of the USSR, Leningrad Institute of Motion-Picture Engineers), Goskinoizdat, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 10 rub., print run 2000.
Contents: Ya. I. Blyumberg, Some questions of color cinematography (5–13), M. I. Shor, Technology of multilayer film for color images (14–24), A. M. Brusilovskii, On the theory of color development (25–37), K. S. Lyapkov, The present state and significance of hydrotypy (38–44), S. P. Ivanov, laureate of the Stalin Prize, Some properties of light-scattering rasters (45–52), M. A. Orlov, engineer captain-lieutenant, Principal shortcomings of modern methods of stereoscopic cinema (53–58), S. M. Provornov and I. S. Golod, The present state of the technology of stereoscopic cinematography (59–75).
27. Shvank O. A. and Lyustikh E. N., Interpretation of Gravitational Observations, Theory and practice of solving the direct and inverse problems of gravimetric prospecting. Edited by Prof. L. V. Sorokin, 400 pp., 139 figs. in the text and on 3 inserts [Ministry of the Petroleum Industry of the Eastern Regions, State Union Geophysical Trust (GSST), Scientific-Research Institute of Applied Geophysics (NIIPG)]. State Scientific-Technical Publishing House of Petroleum and Mining-Fuel Literature, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 25 rub. (bound), print run 1700.
28. Shorin S. N., Heat Transfer, 228 pp., 110 figs. Publishing House of the Ministry of Communal Services of the RSFSR, Moscow—Leningrad, 1947, price 11 rub., print run 2000.
The All-Union Committee for Higher School Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the USSR has approved the book as a textbook for construction higher educational institutions. Contents (by parts and chapters): I — Thermal Conductivity (9–99), 1 — Theory of thermal conductivity (9–16), 1 — Coefficient of thermal conductivity (17–24), III — Various problems of thermal conductivity in the steady state (25–55), IV — Heating and cooling of bodies (55–81), V — Periodic heating and cooling of bodies (81–97), VI — Condensation of moisture from air on the surface of walls (97–99), II — Heat Transfer by Convection (100–157), VII — Theory of heat transfer by convection (100–118), VIII — Results of experimental study of heat transfer by convection in a forced stream (118–130), IX — Resistance to the forced motion of liquids and gases (130–136), X — Results of experimental study of heat transfer by con-
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by convection in a free stream (136–148), XI—Heat transfer of condensing vapor (148–154), XII—Heat transfer in boiling of a liquid (154–157), III—Heat transfer by radiation (158–201), XIII—Physical fundamentals (158–170), XIV—Heat transfer by radiation of solid bodies (170–193), XV—Heat transfer by radiation of bodies in a radiation-absorbing medium (193–201), IV—Calculation of heat exchangers (202–208), XVI—Heat transfer in heating devices (202–208).
b) PUBLICATIONS OF ACADEMIES, INSTITUTES, AND UNIVERSITIES
29. Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, No. 32, Astronomical and Physical Series, Issue 2, responsible editor Acad. V. G. Fesenkov, 112 pp., with illustrations. (Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR), Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 1946 (went on sale in 1947), price 25 rubles, print run 1000.
Among the articles: A. A. Kalinyak, Determination of the width of the green coronal line 5303 Å by means of an interferometer during the eclipse of September 21, 1941 (3–15); E. V. Pyaskovskaya-Fesenkova, New results in the field of atmospheric optics in Kazakhstan (16–21); N. M. Shpage, The function of Bishop and its significance in atmospheric optics (22–43); L. V. Gulnitskii, Effective radiation of the Earth (44–69); P. Polatbekova, Investigation of light scattering in hydrosols (70–84); M. P. Perevertun, Operation of a selenium photometer under conditions of a variable temperature regime (preliminary communication) (85–89); N. M. Shtaude, General formula for the brightness of the sky (97–111).
30. Transactions of the Institute of Crystallography, issue 3, editors of the publication A. V. Shubnikov and G. G. Lemmlein, 119 pp., with illustrations in the text and on plates (Academy of Sciences of the USSR), Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow–Leningrad, 1947, price 8 rubles 50 kopecks, print run 2000.
Contents: A. V. Shubnikov, On the diversity of elements of symmetry (3–7); A. V. Shubnikov, On the number of simple forms distinguished by names (9–10); E. E. Flint, Goniometric investigations of new substances. 1. Tetrammine-cobalt-carbonato-sulfate (11–12); E. E. Flint, Goniometric investigations of new substances. 2. Two derivatives of adipic acid (13–15); E. E. Flint, Goniometric investigations of new substances. 3. Methyltoluolsulfonamide (17–18); G. V. Bokii, Crystals of tetrahexamethylene phosphorovolframic sodium (19–20); G. B. Bokii and M. N. Lyashchenko, Crystals of complex compounds of metals of the platinum group (5th article) (21–28); G. V. Bokii and E. E. Burovaya, Crystals of complex compounds of metals of the platinum group (6th article) (29–36); G. B. Bokii and M. N. Lyashchenko, Crystals of complex compounds of metals of the platinum group (7th article) (37–45); G. V. Bokii and E. E. Burovaya, Crystals of complex compounds of metals of the platinum group (8th article) (47–53); N. N. Sheftal, Accessories of crystal growth (55–70); N. N. Sheftal, Heterogeneity of sugar crystals (71–80); F. A. Kordeev, B. A. Fersman, Investigation of piezoelectric properties of textures from Rochelle salt (82–89); E. E. Flint, On the question of the accuracy of measuring angles on a two-circle goniometer (91–96); E. E. Flint, Application of goniometers with a movable horizontal axis for centering crystals in rotation cameras (97–99); E. E. Flint, Sketch-
...design of a grinding goniometer (101—104), E. E. Flint, Checking cuts of quartz plates by the goniometric method (105—107), E. E. Flint, An instrument for marking quartz crystals (109—110), N. N. Sheftal, A simple variant of a programmed temperature regulator (111—113), N. N. Sheftal and S. K. Popov, A regulator for the outflow of drops (115—116).
- Transactions of the Research Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Issue 1 (11), Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity, edited by N. V. Pushkov, 92 pp. with figs. (Main Administration of the Hydrometeorological Service under the Council of Ministers of the USSR), Hydrometeorological Publishing House, M.—L., 1947, price 7 rubles 50 kopecks, print run 600.
Contents: Yu. D. Kalinin, Secular variation of the geomagnetic residual field (3—15), M. S. Eigenson, On the non-monochromaticity of the corpuscular spectrum of the Sun (16—18), E. N. Zemanek, Activity of the photosphere in 1942—1944 and the epoch of the minimum of sunspot-forming activity of the Sun (19—22), V. N. Kessenikh, Characteristics of absorption in the ionosphere (23—26), M. S. Eigenson and A. I. Ol, Dependence of the amplitude of the seasonal variation of geomagnetic disturbance on the intensity of magnetic disturbances (27—29), M. S. Eigenson and A. I. Ol, Duality of the solar nature of strong and weak geomagnetic disturbances (30—32), M. N. Gnevyshev, On the nature of geomagnetic and ionospheric disturbances (33—48), S. M. Kozik, On the question of stable cycles of tredecennial solar magnetic activity (49—56), S. M. Kozik, On the local seasonal effect in Kelessky characteristics of magnetic activity (57—61), Yu. D. Kalinin, On the question of the recurrence of geomagnetic storms (62—68), M. S. Penkevich, The constants of the main magnet of the principal magnetic theodolite of the Sverdlovsk (Vysokaya Dubrava) magnetic observatory (69—76), V. I. Afanasyeva, Annual values of magnetic elements from observatories of the USSR (77—80), N. A. Inskirveli, Magnetic-meteorological observatory in the city of Dusheti (81—92).
- Transactions of the Saratov Branch of the All-Union Astronomical-Geodetic Society, Issue 1, managing editor P. V. Vyushkov, 98 pp. with figs. on 8 plates. Publication of the Saratov Branch of VAGO, Saratov, 1947, free of charge, print run 1000.
Among the articles: P. V. Vyushkov, A new method for the absolute determination of the strength of gravity (3—6), V. G. Shubova, Comparison of the representativeness of Linke’s turbidity factor and its component and Ångström’s turbidity coefficient (45—64), G. P. Boev, On the construction of tables of photographic exposure (65—74).
- Scientific Notes of the Moscow Order of Lenin State University named after M. V. Lomonosov, Issue 95, Physics, Book Four, managing editor Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR S. T. Konobeevsky, 228 pp., with figs. Publication of MGU, M., 1946 (went on sale in 1948), price 20 rubles, print run 1000.
Contents: K. Teodorchik, On the theory of synchronization of relaxation self-oscillatory systems (3—8), K. Teodorchik, Nonlinear theory of RC generators (9—14), O. N. Repkova and G. V. Spivak, The contraction of plasma in a magnetic field (33—48), Ya. P. Terletsky, On the stability of electron motion in induction accelerators of the betatron type (49—61), Ya. P. Terletsky,
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Cosmic Induction Accelerator (62–67), G. M. Bartenev, On the question of heat transfer in a liquid in porous carbon steels and certain thermodynamic consequences (68–78), A. A. Glagoleva-Arkad’eva and N. A. Sokolov, On the composition of the radiation spectrum of a mass radiator (79–94), O. I. Veletskaya, Magnetic spectra in the audio-frequency range (95–112), T. I. Kukushadze, Relative intensity of the lines \(K\alpha_1\), \(\alpha_2\), \(\beta_1\), \(\beta_2\) of X-ray spectra (113–126), V. K. Semenchenko, Determination of the surface tension of crystals at the boundary with vapor or solution (127–131), A. V. Kiselev, V. P. Dreving, A. D. Runov, K. D. Shcherbakova, V. A. Nekrasova, Studies of the microporosity and adsorption energy of activated carbons (132–164), E. M. Fredkina, Study of the dispersion of dielectric permittivity and electrical conductivity of strong electrolytes in the decimeter wavelength range (165–197), I. A. Elkin, Dipole moment of the sulfuric acid molecule (198–200), V. I. Romanov, On the theory of standing electric waves in wires with allowance for their damping decrement (201–213), Ya. P. Terletsky, Calculation of the energy acquired by a charge accelerated by the electromagnetic field of a rotating magnetized cosmic body (214–216), V. N. Popov and L. A. Chernikova, On the connection between irreversible magnetization and hysteresis of polycrystalline ferromagnetics (217–228).
c) ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
Acoustics
Rozenberg L. D., Sound wedge and homogeneous sound lens, ZhTF, 18, issue 1, 11–28, 1948.
Astrophysics
Gnevyshev M. N. and Ol A. I., On the 22-year cycle of solar activity, AZh, 25, issue 1, 18–20, 1948.
Mustel E. R., On the interpretation of negative accelerations characterizing certain absorption systems in the spectra of novae, AZh, 25, issue 1, 11–17, 1948.
Sobolev V. V., On the contours of spectral lines formed by moving atmospheres of stars, AZh, 25, issue 1, 3–11, 1948.
The Atom and Its Constituent Parts
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Biophysics
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Geophysics
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Hydromechanics
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Luminescence
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Mathematical Physics
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Metallurgy
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Mechanics
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Bakhshiyan F. A., On viscous-plastic flow under the impact of a cylinder on a plate, PMM *), 12, issue 1, 47—52, 1948.
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Optics
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Technical Physics
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Ultrasound
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Electricity and Electromagnetism
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