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An Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by a Large Modern Concrete Office Building

Description: Abstract: "An experimental study was made to determine the effective shielding provided by a modern reinforced-concrete office building (AEC Headquarters building) from nuclear fallout. Pocket ionization chambers were used for measurement of the radiation-field strength. Fallout was simulated with distributed and point-source configurations of Co-60 and Ir-192 sources. Four typical sections were selected for study, and experiments were performed on each. These included an external wing with exp… more
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: Batter, J. F., Jr.; Kaplan, A. L. & Clarke, Eric Thacher
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Chevy Chase, MD., To Connect its Water System with that of District of Columbia, Report

Description: Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 4107 to authorize the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland to connect its water system with the water system of the District of Columbia.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
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Gold Veins Near Great Falls, Maryland

Description: From abstract: Small deposits of native gold are present along an anastomosing system of quartz veins and shear zones just east of Great Falls, Montgomery County, Md. The deposits were discovered in 1861 and were worked sporadically until 1951, yielding more than 5,000 ounces of gold. The vein system and the principal veins within it strike a few degrees west of north, at an appreciable angle to foliation and fold axial planes in enclosing rocks of the Wissahickon Formation of late Precambrian … more
Date: 1969
Creator: Reed, John Calvin, Jr. & Reed, John Calvin
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