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Francis Shepard and geology class design a suspended sediment trap for the study of sand transport onto the beach. Nets were made from the toes of wives' nylon stockings. L-r: Donald Sayner, Francis Shepard, Ray Wilson, Robert Wisner, and Douglas Inman. In front: Ruth Young Manar and Jean Carret. 1948

Francis Shepard and geology class design a suspended sediment trap for the study of sand transport onto the beach. Nets we...