Foreword 



The Handbook of Respiration is the sixth in a series of publications*, each containing information, 

 chiefly tabular, in one or more fields of the biological sciences. These handbooks have been prepared under the 

 general direction of the Committee on the Handbook of Biological Data, Division of Biology and Agriculture, 

 National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council. 



The information for the present Handbook was prepared and contributed by leading authorities in the field 

 of respiration. The data were assembled, tabulated, and edited by the Handbook staff, then critically reviewed and 

 authenticated by experts in the areas covered in this volume. 



On behalf of the Committee, acknowledgment is made to the numerous scientists who have been so liberal 

 with their time and advice; to Wright Air Development Center United States Air Force, the National Institutes of 

 Health of the Public Health Service, the Division of Biology and Medicine of the Atomic Energy Commission, the 

 Office of Naval Research, the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, and the Array Chemical Center, for 

 generous support and cooperation, which have made possible the production of this book. The Air Force participa- 

 tion in this undertaking was carried out under Contract No. AF 33(61 6)- 3972 with the National Academy of Sciences. 

 Dr. J. W. Heim, Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, served as contract monitor. 



THE COMMITTEE ON THE HANDBOOK 

 OF BIOLOGICAL DATA 



Theodore C. Byerly, Chairman 



W. H. Larrimer. Executive Secretary 



David B. Dill 

 Charles M. Goss 

 Frank G. Hall 

 J. W. Heim 



Paul E. Howe 

 Paul J. Kramer 

 Milton O. Lee 

 L. A. Maynard** 

 Royal Shanks 



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Oswald Tippo \<^. • ».,a<s 



Lionel A. Walford \^/ -^^^ 

 Paul Weiss ^ 



Raymund L. Zwemer n.^ V 



** ex officio 



HANDBOOK STAFF 



W. H. Larrimer, Director 



Dorothy S. Dittmer, Associate Editor Rudolph M. Grebe, Associate Editor 



RESEARCH 



EDITORIAL 



Philip L. Altman 

 Everett F. Davis 

 John F. Gibson, Jr. 

 Lucy C. Lee 

 Barbara L. Tuma 

 Charles C. Wang 



Gloria R. Alonso 

 Judith P. Bloomer 

 Nellie F. Brown 

 Helen D. Carmack 

 Viola A. Crowder 

 John M. Exline 

 Doris R. Folen 

 S. W. Lipsman 



Florence M. Lochrie 

 Frances S. Merrill 

 Mary J. Noe 

 Carol A. Packett 

 Francys E. Richardson 

 Laura B. Sheridan 

 Olga G. Stanczak 



♦Handbooks published 1949-1958 



Standard Values in Blood 



Standard Values in Nutrition and Metabolism 



Handbook of Toxicology. Vol. I, Acute Toxicities 



Handbook of Biological Data 



Handbook of Toxicology. Vol. II, Antibiotics 



Handbook of Respiration 



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