prepared under the auspices of the International Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences by the National Reserach Council of the United States of America ; editor-in-chief Edward W. Washburn ; associate editors Clarence J. West, N. Ernest Dorsey ; assistant editor F.R. Bichowsky, Alfons Klemenc ; v. 1 - v. 6. -- 1st ed. -- Gakuzyutsu Bunken Shuppansha, 1943-.