Preface 
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The following pages represent part one of a book entitled 
"A Unified Mathematical Theory for the Analysis, Propagation, and 
Refraction of Storm Generated Ocean Surface Waves." They contain 
the first ten chapters of this projected book. These first ten 
chapters are not a logical stopping place in the book. Only part 
of the unified theory is presented. That part covers the theory 
of wave propagation (wave forecasting) and the theoretical part 
of the theory of wave analysis. There are also many references to 
chapters in the book which are not presented in part one. 
Part one is presented in this disjointed form with all the 
apparent loose ends because more of the book could not be com-=- 
pleted before the publication deadline and because an error was 
made by the author in estimating the date of completion of the 
book. There are many important decisions which have to be made 
soon in connection with the problem of adequate methods of wave 
analysis and wave recording and it is hoped that the contents of 
part one will help in these decisions. 
The remainder of the book will be presented in bi-monthly 
installments until the book is completed. It is planned to present 
the mathematical theory of additional properties of waves in deep 
water, the theory of waves in the transition zone, and the theory 
of wave refraction in the next chapters. The mathematical theory 
is complicated, but the practical application is straightforward 
and easily avplied. After these chapters, the book will consist 
