D. W. Taylor and the Foundations of Modern Soil Mechanics
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The writers are pleased to acknowledge the helpful additions, comments, and suggestions of many colleagues who were kind enough to review this paper. These include, alphabetically, Herbert H. Einstein, Richard E. Goodman, Charles C. Ladd, T. William Lambe, W. Allen Marr, James K. Mitchell, and Alfredo Urzua.
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Received: Jul 2, 2014
Accepted: Oct 27, 2014
Published online: Nov 26, 2014
Published in print: Feb 1, 2015
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