Preparing and Publishing the Report on the Great Tangshan Earthquake

9910833Housner本提案的目的是用英文印刷关于中国唐山大地震的报告。唐山大地震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。关于这次地震的详细描述还没有用英文出版，迄今为止，中国只出版过一份这样的报告。 作为合作努力的一部分，本报告已在中国被翻译成英文，并在加州理工学院编辑。 本提案中要求的资金将使文字和照片能够以适当的形式出版，并向关注地震危险的大学和城市的图书馆分发一些副本。 计划在适当的杂志上发表报告的摘录。这项建议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。没有用英文发表关于这次地震的详细说明，迄今为止，中国只发表过一份这样的报告。 作为合作努力的一部分，本报告已在中国被翻译成英文，并在加州理工学院编辑。 本提案中要求的资金将使文字和照片能够以适当的形式出版，并向关注地震危险的大学和城市的图书馆分发一些副本。 计划在适当的刊物上发表报告摘要。

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.