From abstract: "This report describes and evaluates the variables affecting contamination of precise devices...In the present report these variables are discussed in more detail and the basis for their inclusion in the listing are given. The relative importance of the several parameters will be discussed in another report."

Introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey is appraising the possibility, however slight, that the ground water beneath the Nevada Test Site, possibly contaminated by nuclear detonations, may carry radioactive fission products to places where they may constitute a public hazard.

Use of the Smith chart in studying stub tuners is demonstrated. Several properties of the tuners are shown, and charts for various wave length spacings, tuning trajectories, and admittances are included.

This report describes the design procedure for a reflectometer or directional coupler to replace the probe part of the D07-1020 assembly used at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron linac. Mathematical treatment and diagrams of various reflectometers are included.

This note describes some results of the study of single pion production in π⁻-p interactions at 4.65 Bev/c, using the BNL 20" Hydrogen Bubble Chamber. It is well known that the observability of some of the particle resonances (e.g. 33 Isobar and η) varies markedly with the energy of the incident particle. The ρ meson has been observed in π⁻-p interactions at 1.25 Bev/c and 1.9 Bev/c incident pion energies. Evidence will be shown that this resonance persists with the much higher incident pion energy used in the present experiment.

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of the mouth of the Trinity River and Anahuac Channel including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control, as well as proposals to adjust the Wallisville Reservoir and to create a nearby national wildlife refuge.