TABLE OF CONTENTS 
VOLUME I 
THE SHOCK WAVE 
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SUMMARY PAPERS 
A REVIEW OF UNDERWATER EXPLOSION PHENOMENA (B)* 
Ben hOx. Cambridge University . 0. eles cee se ee cle ne els sees nea 1 
EXPERIMENTS ON THE PRESSURE WAVE THROWN OUT BY SUBMARINE 
EXPLOSIONS (B) 
H. W. Hilliar, Admiralty Experimental Station .......-.++++-e++00 poogot oe 85 
REPORT ON UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS (A)* 
E. H. Kennard, David W. Taylor Model Basin ........c2cccecccccceccvscecs 159 
DETONATION THEORY 
THE HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY OF DETONATION AND SHOCK WAVES (A) 
G. B. Kistiakowsky, E. Bright Wilson, Jr., Harvard University; R. S. Halford, 
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NOTE ON THE LATERAL EXPANSION BEHIND A DETONATION WAVE (B) 
G. I. Taylor and M. Jones, Cambridge University .........-eceeeeeveees we ado 
PROPAGATION THEORY 
THE PRESSURE-TIME CURVE FOR UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS — (B) 
W. G. Penney, Imperial College, London ........ sbierrsyietiedstisiteheelenewetenoms Sats. coors 273 
PRESSURE- TIME CURVES FOR SUB-MARINE EXPLOSIONS (SECOND PAPER) (B) 
W. G. Penney and H. K. Dasgupta, Imperial College, London .........-2eeee0e- 289 
AN APPROXIMATE CALCULATION OF THE PRESSURES PRODUCED BY DES 
ING LINE CHARGES UNDERWATER (B) 
G. Charlesworth and A. R. Bryant, Road Research Laboratory, London.......... 301 
PROPOSAL AND ANALYSIS OF A NEW NUMERICAL METHOD FOR THE TREAT- 
MENT OF HYDRODYNAMICAL SHOCK PROBLEMS (A) 
John Von Neumann, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J. ......-.2.-+2+8- 311 
CALCULATION FROM THERMODYNAMICAL AND HYDRODYNAMICAL CONSIDERA- 
ATIONS OF UNDERWATER SHOCK-WAVES FOR SPHERICAL CHARGES (B) 
H. N. V. Temperley and J. Craig, Admiralty Undex Works, Rosyth, Scotland ...... 347 
HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF SEA WATER AT THE FRONT OF A SHOCK 
WAVE (A) 
J. M. Richardson, Cornell University, N. Y.; A. B. Arons, and R. R. Halverson, 
Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution . 373 
* (A) American Contribution 
(B) British Contribution 
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