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UNINA9910783466903321 |
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Autore |
Johnston Harold <1920-> |
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Titolo |
A bridge not attacked [[electronic resource] ] : chemical warfare civilian research during World War II / / Harold Johnston |
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River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-87697-6 |
9786611876975 |
981-256-539-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Chemical warfare - United States |
Chemical warfare - Research - United States |
Chemists - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Preface. National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); Chapter 1. Hal; Chapter 2. Egbert; Chapter 3. Sam; Chapter 4. Withlacoochee; Chapter 5. Jungles; Chapter 6. Florida 1945; Chapter 7. Other Divisions of NDRC; Chapter 8. Principals and Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilian university scientists, who carried out research on defense against poison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of these were graduate students, working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Cal tech) and the University of California (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to make major improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were done outdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorological conditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Action took |
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