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SUBJECT INDEX 



Absorption of gas bubbles and droplets In 



liquids, T-1 08 

 Abstracts of technical literature, need for, 



T-l8l 

 Acceleration, of towing carriage, 259 

 Acceleration measurements, in high seas, T-26 

 Accelerometer, R-I89, R-246, R-267; T-l4l 



See also other specific gages. 

 Acoustic analyzer, R-62 

 Aeronautics, problems of, T-86 

 Air-blast gages, R-282 

 Air-bubble generators, R-83 

 Air-bubble screen, efffect of, on underwater 



explosion pressures, R-T 77 

 Air bubbles, speed of rise in liquids, T-1 32 



See also Gas bubbles. 

 Air-content meter, 549 

 Air film, to reduce frictional resistance, 



R-131 

 Air purifier, tests on, 37, 42, 58 

 Aircraft carrier, JUPITER [LANGLEY, CV1], 



rolling tests on, model, 8, 13 

 LANGLEY (CV1), rolling tests on, model, l8 

 wind effects on, model, 109 

 Airflow, about airfoil, photographs of, model, 



557 

 Airfoil NACA 23015, photographs of airflow, 



model, 557 

 Airfoils, theory of, T-27 

 Airplane catapult, speed meter for, 126 

 Airplane design, launching tests, model, 1 83 

 Airplane engine, resistance of, model, 45 

 Airplane floats, model, 222 



type of step in, model, 438 

 ALABAMA (BB60), launching calculations and 



tests for, model, R-27 

 Alcohol, polyvinyl, sensitization of, for 



printing plates, T-1 79 

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers 



boiler construction code, 329 

 American Towing Tank Conference, 1942, R-72 

 Amphibian hull, Boeing, model tests for, 159 

 Amplifier, self-stabilizing, R-78 



stable direct-coupled, R-86 

 Analogues, dynamical, integration by, R-140 

 Anchor, lightweight, static structural tests 



of, R-349 

 tensile test of, R-l88 



Anchor cable, hydrodynamic forces on, R-317 



Anchor design, advances in, T-1 29 



Anchor lines, model, 550 



ANDERSON (DD411), noise survey of, full-scale, 



R-12 

 Anemometer, hot-wire, for velocity measurements 



in water, 592 

 recording, for ship speed trials, 282 

 Armor, resistance of, 2k, 4-63 

 Astern-fueling floats, model-basin tests of, 



R-366 

 Atlantic Refining Company, model tests of 



. tanker for, 577, 594 

 AUK (AM57), launching data for, full-scale, 



R-50 

 Axial flow, pressure distribution for, T-220 



BAGLEY (DD386), noise survey on, full-scale, 

 R-4, R-8 

 service strain on, full-scale, 467 

 strain measurements on, full-scale, R-6 

 Ball-crusher gages, calibration of copper balls 



for, R-240 

 Ballistics, piezoelectric measuring methods in, 



T-1 20 

 Battleship, ALABAMA (BB60), launching calculations 

 and tests for, model, R-27 

 BB49-54, rolling tests on, model, 6 

 Brazilian, SAO PAULO, mast vibration on, full- 

 scale, 10 

 CALIFORNIA (BB44), stability model of, 121 

 COLORADO (BB45), standardization trials of, full- 

 scale, 140 

 CONNECTICUT (BBl8), towing of, full-scale, 71 

 DELAWARE (BB28), propeller data for, model, 66 

 design for, model, 273 



MARYLAND (BB46), standardization trials of, full- 

 scale, 140 

 NEW MEXICO (BB40), speed and power data, full- 

 scale and model, R-139 

 NORTH CAROLINA (BB55), retardation after launch- 

 ing, model, R-24 

 propellers of, model, 428 

 resistance and propulsion of, model, 429 

 SAO PAULO, mast vibration on, full-scale, 10 

 SCHARNH0RST, launching data for, full-scale and 



model, T-1 00, T-105 

 TIRPITZ, launching data for, model, T-1 00 



