Physics of Sound in the Sea [Part II: Reverberation and Part III: Reflection of Sound from Submarines and Surface Vessels] (Documents on Modern Physics Series.)

8vo. 208pp. Emerging from research conducted during World War II to build quieter submarines and better detect those of the enemy, this compilation of studies in the transmission of underwater sound conducted up through the middle of 1945 includes articles on wave and ray acoustics, deep-water and shallow-water transmission, experimental procedures, the transmission of explosive sound in the sea, etc. A volume in the Documents on Modern Physics series. Printed buckram boards. Documents on Modern Physics Series. Hardcover: No DJ as Issued.