universities or other institutions, and brief state- 

 ments regarding the status of research projects being 

 prosecuted at the Board*s cwn laboratory are presented, 



'•Beach Erosion Studies" 



Summaries of completed beach erosion control study reports 

 on Plum Islsuid Massachusetts, State of Connecticut - New 

 Haven Harbor to Housatonic River, Cold Spring Inlet (Cape 

 May Harbor) New Jersey, Presque Isle Peninsula Pennsylvania, 

 Cftiio Shoreline of Lake Erie - Vermilion to Sheffield Lake 

 Village, and Waikiki Beach Territory of Hawaii, and a list- 

 ing of those studies still in progress are presented. 



"Beach Erosion Literature" 



The contents of the Proceedings of the Third Conference 

 on Coastal Engineering, held at Boston, Massachusetts in 

 October 1952, are listed. 



VOLUME 8 - 1954 



ISSUE NO. 1 - 1 January 1954 



I-A "Ripple Tank Studies of the Motion of Surface Gravity-Waves" 

 by Osvald Sibul, University of California 



Discussion and photographs of wave refraction and diffraction 

 phenomena under various types of problem conditions as illu- 

 strated by a ripple tank, 



"Progress Reports on Research Sponsored by the Beach Erosion 

 Board" 



Abstracts from progress reports on the several research 

 contracts in force between the Beach Erosion Board and 

 universities or other institutions, and brief statements 

 regarding the status of research projects being prosecuted 

 at the Board's own laboratory are presented. 



"Beach Erosion Studies" 



Summaries of completed cooperative study reports on Gulf 

 Shore of Galveston Island Texas, State of Connecticut - 



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