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Frontispiece ii 



Abstract v 



Preface ix 



Table of Contents ^iii 



List of Figures xix 



First day - Wednesday, 16 August 1961 

 Morning Session 



1. Opening remarks. 



Donald L. McKernan, Senninar Chairman. . . 1 



2. A welcome to the Government-Industry Oceanographic 

 Instrumentation Symposium. 



Hon. James H. Wakelin, Jr., Assistant 

 Secretary of the Navy for Research and 

 Development 5 



3. Research aspects of the oceanographic program. 



RADM L. D. Coates, USN 10 



4. Survey aspects of the oceanographic program. 



RADM Charles Pierce, USC&GS 17 



5. Navy's role in the field of oceanography- 



RADM Edward C. Stephan, USN 23 



6. Brief historical background in the development of oceano- 

 graphic instruments, present state of the art, and some 

 new concepts- 

 James M. Snodgrass 29 



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