Report no. 452. General potential theory of arbitrary wing sections: by T. Theodorsen and I. E. Garrick, 35 pages, tables, diagrams, 23 × 29 cms. Washington, Superintendent of Documents, 1933. Price ten cents

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1933
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 121 KB
• Volume: 215
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(33)90703-6

✦ Synopsis

Until his isolation of fluorine, that elusive element had defied all the efforts of famous predecessors for its preparation in a pure state. In the early nineteen hundreds, Molssan's electric furnace became the cradle of present-day large-scale electro-thermic operations. Little can be added to professionally honor the memory of this resourceful and indefatigable investigator in the estimation of the world of science. Yet some tangible device has been demanded by his numerous friends in his own country and in many others that may appeal to the commonplace wayfarer as well as to the man of science--a monument in his home town. The project received active and generous support locally and internationally. Unveiling ceremonies at Meaux, organized by the initiative of the Societe de Chimie Industrielle, took place on the 4th of October, I93I.

The present commemorative volume includes a narrative of the life and work of M. Moissan, a chronological list of his scientific papers and other publications (1874-19o7), an account of the unveiling ceremonies, and verbatim reports of the