Preparing and Publishing the Report on the Great Tangshan Earthquake

9910833本建议书的目的是用英文发表关于中国唐山大地震的报告，这是世界历史上最严重的地震灾害，造成数十万人死亡，唐山市及其周边地区遭到破坏。没有关于这次地震的详细的英文报道，到目前为止，在中国只发布了一份这样的报道。作为合作努力的一部分，本报告已在中国被翻译成英文，并在加州理工学院进行编辑。本提案所要求的资金将使文本和照片能够以适当的形式出版，并将若干副本分发给关心地震危险的大学和城市的图书馆。计划将报告的节选发表在适当的期刊上。这项建议的目的是用英文印刷关于中国唐山大地震的报告，这是世界历史上最严重的地震灾害，造成数十万人死亡，唐山市及其周边地区遭到破坏。没有关于这次地震的详细的英文报道，到目前为止，在中国只发布了一份这样的报道。作为合作努力的一部分，本报告已在中国被翻译成英文，并在加州理工学院进行编辑。本提案所要求的资金将使文本和照片能够以适当的形式出版，并将若干副本分发给关心地震危险的大学和城市的图书馆。计划在适当的期刊上发表该报告的节选。

9910833HousnerThe purpose of this proposal is to print, in English, the report on the Great Tangshan, China Earthquake, of the worst earthquake disasters in the history of the world, with several hundred thousand deaths and the destruction of the city of Tangshan and environs.No detailed account of this earthquake has been published in English and, so far as is known only one such report has been issued in China. As part of a collaborative effort this report has been translated into English in China and edited at the California Institute of Technology. The funding requested in this proposal will enable the text and photographs to be put into suitable form for publication and a number of copies distributed to libraries at universities and cities that are concerned about earthquake hazards. It is planned to have excerpts of the report published in suitable journalsThe purpose of this proposal is to print, in English, the report on the Great Tangshan, China Earthquake, of the worst earthquake disasters in the history of the world, with several hundred thousand deaths and the destruction of the city of Tangshan and environs.No detailed account of this earthquake has been published in English and, so far as is known only one such report has been issued in China. As part of a collaborative effort this report has been translated into English in China and edited at the California Institute of Technology. The funding requested in this proposal will enable the text and photographs to be put into suitable form for publication and a number of copies distributed to libraries at universities and cities that are concerned about earthquake hazards. It is planned to have excerpts of the report published in suitable journals.