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Albini, Frank Addison (1962) I. Relaxation Time of One-Dimensional, Laminar Deflagration for First Order Reactions. II. Reflection and Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves at Electron Density Gradients. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TYH3-ZQ11. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07262011-115318209

Alyea, Ethan Davidson (1962) Photoproduction of K° Mesons from Carbon: A Freon Bubble Chamber Experiment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QM7F-G944. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09082005-104725

Anderson, Don Lynn (1962) Surface Wave Propagation in Layered Anistropic Media. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ADTM-DX51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10142002-091205

Babcock, Charles Dwight (1962) The Buckling of Cylindrical Shells with an Initial Imperfection Under Axial Compression Loading. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0P4A-SA39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02242004-151013

Beach, William Frederick (1962) The Structure and Biogenesis of Nidulin. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3RME-0Q76. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-084657541

Bercov, Ronald David (1962) The Double Transitivity of a Class of Permutation Groups. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2T36-NC78. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-085251999

Brown, Ronald Edmund (1962) A Study of the O¹⁷(p, α)N¹⁴ Reaction. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ERAK-8Q61. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08012011-114449322

Brown, Wilbur Parker (1962) A Theoretical Study of the Scattering of Electromagnetic Impulses by Finite Obstacles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4892-CE13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07262011-163527834

Carter, Robert Everett (1962) I. The Biogenesis of Phenazine Pigments. II. β-Ferrocenyl Carbonium Ions. III. Chemical Shift and π-Electron Densities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/GM3C-6N32. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07292011-081826791

Chang, David Bing Jue (1962) Synchrotron Radiation as the Source of the Polarized Decimeter Radiation from Jupiter. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A5DH-V662. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08102011-093102618

Chang, Tseng-Hsu (1962) The Ratio of π° Photoproductions from Neutrons and Protons in Deuterium in the Energy Range of 700 to 1100 mev. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/T44R-NP54. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08112011-080215141

Cheng, Hung (1962) Spin Absorption of Solids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/C3AW-KJ62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07262011-090625292

Clayton, Donald Delbert (1962) Studies of Certain Nuclear Processes in Stars. Part I. Neutron Capture Chains in Heavy Element Synthesis. Part II. A Search for Excited States in N¹⁴ Pertaining to the Synthesis of C¹³. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8QPZ-5656. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-092105755

Cohen, Richard Lewis (1962) Mössbauer Effect in Thulium 169. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/F7HD-FD14. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07262011-095356834

Coleman, Sidney Richard (1962) The Structure of Strong Interaction Symmetries. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JRCQ-8196. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022004-143915

Conel, James Ekstedt (1962) Studies on the Development of Fabrics in Some Naturally Deformed Limestones. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08152011-090459434

Cummings, Benjamin Edgar (1962) Some Nonlinear Vibration and Response Problems of Cylindrical Panels and Shells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/AXC2-6P94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12222005-115144

Daybell, Melvin Drew (1962) The Photoproduction of Positive K Mesons in Hydrogen at Large Center of Mass Angles. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W7TA-GH83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-085756389

DiLoreto, Aldo Gene (1962) Noise Optimization Techniques for Linear Transistor Amplifiers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5JV3-EZ18. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-090320424

Dove, William Franklin (1962) The Helix-Coil Transition in DNA: Effects of the Interactions with Small-Ion and of the Composition of DNA. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SYPJ-C611. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-100303520

Eiselen, Everett Truman (1962) Sound Propagation in Small Diameter Tubes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5WXZ-NS91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07282011-152915773

Engelbrecht, Christian Albertus (1962) Photoproduction of Neutral Pions in Complex Nuclei. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W82V-D913. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-115123033

Ford, James Lawrence Collier (1962) The Elastic Scattering of Deuterons by Li⁷. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9D4N-8M75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-140652115

Garwood, Donald Charles (1962) I. Electrophilic aromatic substitution of metallocenes. II. Stereochemistry of halogen addition to 4-t-butylcyclohexene. III. Lithium aluminum hydride reduction of cis-2,6-dimethylcyclohexanone. I. Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution of Metallocenes. II. Stereochemistry of Halogen Addition to 4-t-Butylcyclohexene. III. Lithium Aluminum Hydride Reduction of CIS-2,6-DimethyIcyclohexanone. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1BRD-QP23. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-155709631

Goldstein, Richard Morris (1962) Radar Exploration of Venus. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EB99-8T09. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212010-095208070

Greenough, Ralph Clive (1962) I. Distribution of Antimony (ill) Between Hydrochloric Acid and Isopropyl Ether. II. The Infrared Spectra and Probable Structures of Some Nitrogen-Sulfur Compounds. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JXNV-AK83. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07292011-093334190

Guthrie, George Drake (1962) Studies on the Interaction of Subviral Particles of the Bacteriophage ΦX174 with Protoplasts of Escherichia coli. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/197P-A064. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08092006-095212

Guttman, Andrew (1962) I. Quantitative Studies of the N0₂- N₂0₄ System in the Infrared. II. Emission of Diffuse Bands of Sodium Behind Shock Fronts. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/BKS0-GN58. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07292011-110936010

Hales, Alfred Washington (1962) On the Nonexistence of Free Complete Boolean Algebras. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1ZW8-ES89. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08012011-122250596

Hare, Peter Edgar (1962) The Amino Acid Composition of the Organic Matrix of Some Recent and Fossil Shells of Some West Coast Species of Mytilus. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EXQX-4D49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08112011-160231577

Hobey, William David (1962) Vibronic Interactions in Conjugated Systems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ATND-5V97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08232011-100758499

Hoult, David Parks (1962) Magnetohydrodynamic Surface Waves. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/RVM0-1T80. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03262008-082838

Howden, Merlin E. H. (1962) I. Carbonion- and Free Radical-Type Rearrangements in Homoallylic Systems. II. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Cyclopropanes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/J9CT-A176. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08162011-081910216

Huggins, Elisha Rhodes (1962) Quantum Mechanics of the Interaction of Gravity with Electrons: Theory of a Spin-Two Field Coupled to Energy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/05S4-6910. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-085110085

Ifft, James Brown (1962) A Quantitative Examination of the Buoyant Behavior of Macromolecules of Known Molecular Weight in a Density Gradient at Equilibrium in the Ultracentrifuge. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VKXK-ZC50. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-091559077

Kennicott, Phillip Ray (1962) Studies in Infrared Spectroscopy. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/40GV-PH75. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08122011-112725761

King, Kenneth Robert (1962) Dynamic Shear Deformation in Zinc Crystals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/J5Q8-5C31. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08012011-141442374

Klement, William, Jr. (1962) Metastable Structures in Alloys Rapidly Cooled from the Melt. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/HHG6-AY94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-104507587

Kohler, Joseph (1962) Finite Groups with All Maximal Subgroups of Prime or Prime Square Index. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JRE0-KW77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08022011-101524826

Kovach, Robert Louis (1962) Geophysical Investigations in the Colorado Delta Region. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/B362-3G65. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12072009-142350784

Kozicki, William (1962) I. Enthalpy Change upon Vaporization of the Hydrocarbons n-Pentane, Cyclohexane and 1-Butane. II. Evaluations of Diffusion Coefficients for the Methane-n-Butane System Based on Gradients in Thermodynamic State Properties. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9385-4112. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-10042005-130821

Lanphere, Marvin Alder (1962) I. Geology of the Wildrose Area, Panamint Range, California. II. Geochronologic Studies in the Death Valley-Mojave Region, California. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/VKKA-P510. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-145051903

Lathrop, Kaye Don (1962) Neutron Thermalization in Solids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K87B-FC98. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12122005-162942

Leermakers, Peter Anthony (1962) Part I. Chemistry of Low Energy π-π* Triplet States. The Photoproduction of I-Naphthaldehyde and 2-Acetonaphthone. Part II. Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Solution. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/K0A0-AY90. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02112009-095624

Liu, Chung-Yen (1962) Part I. Kinetic Theory Description of Plane, Compressible Couette Flow. Part II. Kinetic Theory Description of Conductive Heat Transfer from a Fine Wire. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q16R-JR92. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12092005-133941

Lloyd, James Reily (1962) Wave Propagation in an Elastic Plate Resting on an Elastic Foundation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/D5NC-XR09. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08172011-153814513

Lock, Kenneth (1962) A Digital-Computer-Programmed Topological Method of Coordinate Selection for Numerical Computations in an Electrical Network. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1KC2-ZF72. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-102613198

Lutz, Raymond Paul (1962) Part I. Mechanism of the Rearrangement of Fenchone. Part II. Mechanism of the Diels-Alder Reaction. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0GDS-G649. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-144903807

Malmuth, Norman David (1962) Perturbations on Hypersonic Wedge Flow. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KE9Q-XN81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12152005-133232

Marlotte, Gary Lynn (1962) An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of a Transverse Hypersonic Flow Velocity upon a Low-Density D.C. Electrical Discharge in Air. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3BR3-ZT02. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12132005-105051

Marxman, Gerald Albert (1962) Heat Transfer in Reacting Gas Mixtures with Large Pressure Gradients. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/61YR-1468. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-150229292

Mason, Peter Vroman (1962) Surface Impedance of Thin Superconducting Films. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/F5XN-7E70. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-113156194

McCarthy, John Francis (1962) Hypersonic Wakes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/63NK-AG38. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03302009-092458

McCray, James Arthur (1962) The Elastic Scattering of Protons from Li⁶ Nuclei. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/2E98-TW57. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08242011-160444604

Mendelson, Martin (1962) Studies on the Activation of Crustacean Mechanoreceptors. The Movement Receptors of the Crab Pachygrapslls crassipes Randall and the Movement and Stretch Receptors of the Crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard). Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8QY0-4C59. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-135808240

Messick, Roger Edwin (1962) Applications of an Edge-and Corner Layer Technique to Elastic Plates and Shells. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W4AN-YY85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-135729811

Michel, F. Curtis (1962) The Beta Spectra of the Mass 12 Nuclei. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/4BW8-8827. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08232011-105654839

Millard, Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1962) I. A Procedure for the Analysis of Polonium-210 and Lead-210 in Rocks. II. A Characterization of the Meteorite Flux at the Earth's Orbit. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WEPX-9Q33. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08232011-094813077

Miller, Charles Robert (1962) On the Orientation of Dust Grains in Interstellar Space. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9A8Q-2G27. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-143635344

Muller, Richard Stephen (1962) Electronic Processes in Au-CdS-In Diodes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/JF60-HN20. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08042011-100847730

Pollack, Gerald Leslie (1962) Heat Flow in Liquid Helium with Clamped Normal Fluid. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/29ZJ-PQ17. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-103945376

Powers, R. Darden (1962) The Range of Heavy Ions in Solid Materials. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z12Y-J867. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-111730742

Read, Richard Bradley (1962) Accurate Declination Measurements of Radio Sources. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/MDXD-QD10. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08272008-092141

Rosenfeld, Robert Leopold (1962) Analysis of Long Compressional Elastic Waves in Rods of Arbitrary Cross Section and Elastic Wave Fronts in Plates and Circular Rods. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/WVNP-Z097. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-084654605

Ruderman, Henry (1962) Photoproduction of Neutral Pions from Complex Nuclei: An Indirect Measurement of the π° Lifetime. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08032011-104434617

Schapery, Richard Allan (1962) Irreversible Thermodynamics and Variational Principles with Applications to Viscoelasticity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/QEB0-N308. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08092011-111909246

Seppi, Edward Joseph (1962) Nuclear-Resonance Excitation in F¹⁹ and Mn⁵⁵ with a Germanium Bent-Crystal Monochromator. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/M2M1-P055. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08172011-074320115

Shimabukuro, Fred Ichiro (1962) A Study of Dispersion in Plasmas. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W2HJ-XE62. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08172011-135421197

Shreffler, Donald Cecil (1962) I. Genetic Studies of Mouse Serum Protein Types. II. Molecular Hybridization of Sheep Hemoglobins. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/PPYP-QM84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06292004-095342

Stevens, John Richard (1962) A Study of the Alpha-Particle Decay from Certain Excited Levels in C¹², O¹⁶, and Ne²⁰ Following Population of the Levels by Beta-Decay. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A7AK-MN70. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08242011-153023090

Stiffler, Jack Justin (1962) Self-Synchronizing Binary Telemetry Codes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/G956-8Z21. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12092009-113403691

Stofel, Edwin Jule (1962) Plastic Flow and Fracture of Zinc Single Crystals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/EQK7-RS94. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-07012004-154735

Susman, Millard (1962) The Size of the Mating Group in Bacteriophage T4. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/5M8C-EM53. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08092006-090416

Trevarthen, Colwyn Boyd (1962) Studies on Visual Learning in Split-Brain Monkeys. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/YFG6-1968. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-102232875

Venezian, Emilio Cesare (1962) Part I. Temperature Gradients in Turbulent Gas Streams Effect of Viscous Dissipation on the Evaluation of Total Conductivity. Part II. Thermal Transfer from Small Wires in the Boundary Flow about a Cylinder. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/W00C-BC43. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-105606734

Wagner, William Gerard (1962) Production and Decay Processes Involving Vector Mesons. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7K5F-HT02. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-082426137

Wang, Duen-Pao (1962) A Perturbation Theory for Unsteady Cavity Flows. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/NKPW-4612. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08192011-142844454

Wang, Neng-Ming (1962) Bending of Thin Elastic Plates Containing Line Discontinuities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9WFR-W284. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-105727536

Wildey, Robert LeRoy (1962) The Stellar Content of the Perseus Galactic Arm in the Region of h and Chi Persei. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TNJ1-XF88. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-09232008-080747

Wilson, Robert Woodrow (1962) Observations of the Galactic Plane at 960 Mc/s. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/1R1X-J090. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-04012003-131925

Wulff, Daniel Lewis (1962) On Nucleic Acid Photochemistry. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ENS3-PQ39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-150313553

Yeh, Cavour Wei-Hou (1962) Electromagnetic Surface-Wave Propagation along a Dielectric Cylinder of Elliptical Cross Section. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/A13E-BB49. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-142633204

Yura, Harold Thomas (1962) The Quantum Electrodynamics of a Medium. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3MDD-9689. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182011-105631962

Zukerman, Abraham (1962) Analytical Approximations to the Solutions of the Equations of Motion in the Earth-Moon Space. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ZFV9-4018. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-03302009-091409