Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol.17, No.8, April 19, 1927

Original edition copy of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol.17, No.8, April 19, 1927. Includes original papers: "Some mechanical properties of moist granular solids" by P.G. Nutting; "The presence of free methyl salicylate in some American species of Polygala" by Edgar T. Wherry; "The Central American species of Hydrocotyle" by J.N. Rose & Paul C.; "The occurance of Lituonetla and Coskinolina in America" by Cushman A.. Perley Gilman Nutting (1873–1949) was an American optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Nutting constructed one of the earliest, if not the first, neon sign, which was displayed at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He worked for Eastman Kodak Company and Westinghouse Electric Company and the United States Geological Survey. Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885–1982) was an American mineralogist, soil scientist and botanist. In 1964, he was awarded the Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award in botany. The "Edgar T. Wherry Award" was established in 1989 by the Botanical Society of America for the best paper presented each year in the pteridological section. First edition. 7" - 10"