The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
@article{Heywood1941ThePO, title={The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes}, author={Harold Heywood}, journal={Nature}, year={1941}, volume={148}, pages={480-481} }
LIEUT.–COLONEL BAGNOLD is well kno for his scientific publications on desert sands and dunes, and for a book describing his travels in the Egyptian and Libyan Deserts. The present book combines these papers and much other original research into one comprehensive volume, which would, however, have possessed an added interest to readers if the introduction had included some reference to the author's work as a pioneer of motor travel in the desert. Descriptions of desert features in various parts…
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