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THE report of the National Research Council of Japan, volume 2, No. 7, covering the period April 1937–March 1938, lists the serial publications issued during this period and includes notes on the general meeting of the Council and on divisional and committee meetings as well as on the international scientific meetings at which the Council was represented. Discussions at meetings of the Committee on Pacific Investigation have dealt with fishes of the Pelew Islands, the fluctuation of water temperature in the north-eastern sea region adjacent to Japan of the North Pacific Ocean, the vertical distribution of plankton in relation to submarine illumination and temperature, the propagative protection of the few seal in the North Pacific. Discussions at meetings of the Committee on Engineering Research have covered television, the technical development of the broadcasting service and the research problems of electric arc welding. A full list of officers and members of the divisions and committees is included with a list of serial publications received from abroad and a table of serial publications already issued by the Council.
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The National Research Council of Japan. Nature 144, 149 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144149b0
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