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DeJuhasz, Kalman J. (Engineer)
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1908-1959
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1.6 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0304
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Technical papers, notes, and publications which reflect DeJuhasz's career as a mechanical engineer, inventor, and professor and particularly his interest in development of diesel engines, engineering instruments, and his invention of the engine indicator for measuring cylinder pressures.
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1884 August 22
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1 Folder
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0271
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A 19-page handwritten journal of a sea voyage in 1884, written on the return trip, presumably back to London.
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Whitney, Baxter D.
Winchendon Historical Society, Inc.
- Dates:
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1870-1957.
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1 Cubic foot (3 vertical boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0267
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes many photographs and engravings of various types of Whitney wood working machines. These are mounted on stiff backings and include advertising and promotional materials for reproduction in trade journals and other publications. A historical summary, "The Baxter D. Whitney Story", is reprinted from the January 1957 issue of...
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Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Data Processing Digest, Inc.
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
Milligan, Margaret
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1955-1974
- Size:
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15.6 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0235
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Magazine and newspaper clippings (1955-1974) from various sources, on the development of the computer industry; six rolls of microfilm (1955-1966); and issues of Data Processing Digest, 1970-1974.
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Savage, John L., 1879-? (civil engineer)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1944
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0227
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials concerning dams, power plants, and materials testing in China, for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It consists of a bound volume of preliminary reports, with maps, prepared for China's National Resources Commission by John L. Savage, consulting engineer. Includes a report on the Yangtze River Gorge Project (11/1944) and several other Chin...
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Dean, W.E., Mrs.
Dean, William E., Jr., -1965 (civil engineer)
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1949-1965
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0230
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dean's technical papers on pre-stressed concrete bridge construction, standard specifications on such bridges, photographs of bridges and promotional brochures on concrete use; also, biographical material, including an obituary.
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Underwood & Underwood Studios
Underwood & Underwood, Inc.
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circa 1930s-1940s
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0219
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Negatives depict agricultural subjects.,The collection contains 109 4" x 5" glass negatives, 5 5" x 7" glass negatives, 5 5" x 7" film negatives, and 2 6-1/2" x 8-1/2" glass negatives. There are xerographic copies of selected original captions (originals, on enclosures, discarded). Stock file for newspaper and magazine reproduction.
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United States. National Bureau of Standards
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circa 1917-1933
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0217
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Documents relating to early development of radio aids to aerial navigation, mostly on behalf of the U.S. military services.
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Mechanisms, Division of.
Instrument Society of America
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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1911-1972
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36 Cubic feet (98 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0215
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of instrumentation through catalogs, bulletins, specification sheets, price lists, and other publications of companies that produce instrumentation.
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Setley, Jacob (storekeeper)
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1832-1848.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0190
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Included are papers, 1832-1848, found in the daybook concerning the operation of a brick kiln, receipts, a property lease, notes about construction work, and accounts of merchandise bought and sold. The daybook, 1832-1840, records the buying and selling of general merchandise such as butter, sugar, molasses, thread, potatoes, and coffee. It also ...