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This PDF is available from The National Academies Press at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4894 Biographical Memoirs V.67 ISBN Office of the Home Secretary, National Academy of Sciences 978-0-309-05238-2 404 pages 6 x 9 HARDBACK (1995) Visit the National Academies Press online and register for... Instant access to free PDF downloads of titles from the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 10% off print titles Custom notification of new releases in your field of interest Special offers and discounts Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the National Academies Press. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Request reprint permission for this book Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. 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Biographical Memoirs V.67 iv The National Academy of Sciences was established in 1863 by Act of Congress as a private, non- profit, self-governing membership corporation for the furtherance of science and technology, required to advise the federal government upon request within its fields of competence. Under its corporate charter the Academy established the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the Institute of Medicine in 1970. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER 0-309-05238-6 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER 0077-2933 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 5-26629 Available from NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20418 the authoritative version for attribution. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from original the paper book, not from the aspublication this inserted. versionofPlease typographicerrors have been accidentallyprint retained, and some use the may original typesetting files. breaks Page are the trueline lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Biographical Memoirs V.67 CONTENTS v Contents the authoritative version for attribution. Preface vii ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be Robert Kyle Burns 3 By James Murray William B. Castle 15 By James H. Jandl Preston Cloud 43 By John C. Crowell André Frédéric Courand 65 By Ewald R. Weibel Jacob Pieter Den Hartog 101 By Stephen H. Crandall Paul Hugh Emmett 119 By Walter S. Koski Kurt Otto Friedrichs 131 By Cathleen Synge Morawetz Herbert Spencer Gasser 147 By Merrill W. Chase And Carlton C. Hunt About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from original the paper book, not from the aspublication this inserted. versionofPlease typographicerrors have been accidentallyprint retained, and some use the may original typesetting files. breaks Page are the trueline lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Biographical Memoirs V.67 CONTENTS vi David Rockwell Goddard 179 By Ralph O. Erickson Charles Roy Hauser 201 By Charles K. Bradsher Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson 221 By Ben R. Rich the authoritative version for attribution. Harold Lester Johnson 243 ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be By Gerard H. De Vaucouleurs Tjalling Charles Koopmans 263 By Herbert E. Scarf Rowland Pettit 293 By John C. Gilbert Alfred C. Redfield 315 By Roger Revelle John Milton Roberts 331 By Ward H. Goodenough Ernest Robert Sears 345 By Ralph Riley Burrhus Frederic Skinner 363 By Howard Rachlin Lee Irvin Smith 379 By Virgil Boekelheide About PDFthis file: This new digital representation of original workthe has been recomposed XMLfrom files created from original the paper book, not from the aspublication this inserted. versionofPlease typographicerrors have been accidentallyprint retained, and some use the may original typesetting files. breaks Page are the trueline lengths, word to original; breaks, heading styles, and other typesett Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Biographical Memoirs V.67 PREFACE vii Preface On March 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Act of Incorporation that the authoritative version for attribution. brought the National Academy of Sciences into being. In accordance with that ing-specific formatting, however, cannot be original charter, the Academy is a private, honorary organization of scientists, elected for outstanding contributions to knowledge, who can be called upon to advise the federal government. As an institution the Academy's goal is to work toward increasing scientific knowledge and to further the use of that knowledge for the general good. The Biographical Memoirs, begun in 1877, are a series of volumes containing the life histories and selected bibliographies of deceased members of the Academy. Colleagues familiar with the discipline and the subject's work prepare the essays. These volumes, then, contain a record of the life and work of our most distinguished leaders in the sciences, as witnessed and interpreted by their colleagues and peers. They form a biographical history of science in America—an important part of our nation's contribution to the intellectual heritage of the world. PETER H. 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