Demographic Yearbook 1949-50, Second Issue

Budget Summary, 1949-50

wartime employment opportunities for some blind persons or members of their families with marginal employability ended with the war. As a result, many blind persons turned to public assistance for their maintenance. Other factors have undoubtedly contributed to the increase in the number of persons receiving aid to the blind. Among these is the increase in the total population, particularly the...

The Hospitals Year Book, 1949-50

Medicine of the Year 1949. First Issue

The First 50 Years at Palomar : 1949 – 1999

PROLOGUE In 1999 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the initial bringing into operation of the Palomar 200-inch Hale telescope. When this telescope was dedicated, it opened up a much larger and clearer window on the universe than any telescope that had gone before. Because the Hale telescope has played such an important role in twentieth century astrophysics, we decided to invite one or two o...

Pleasant 1949-50 Winter in Calcutta and Associated Considerations