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Peenemunde Research and Development Station
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1938-1945
bulk 1942-1944
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2.2 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0193
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The German Army and Navy experimental station at Peenemünde, on the North Sea coast of Germany, was established in the mid-1930s to continue the rocketry work begun at Kummersdorf in 1930.
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Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Langley Aeronautical Library
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1910, 1913, 1930-1937, 1953
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-075
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administration of the Langley Aeronautical Library and its relations with the Library of Congress. Records also document the reestablishment of the Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory in 1913 and the awarding of the Langley Medal. Materials include correspondence, reports, clippings, and announce...
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Smith, Apollo Milton Olin (A. M. O.), 1911-1997
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1935-1981
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1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0014
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the significant writings of Smith, including writings relating to his contributions to boundary layer theory. The collection also includes Smith's notebooks and related photographs of his post-World War II on-site appraisal of Nazi aeronautical developments.
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Sellers, Matthew Bacon, II, 1869-1932
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1889-1924
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0.68 Cubic Feet ((2 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0050
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation includes the following: eighteen diaries of Sellers, 1899-1903 and 1907-1909; his laboratory daybook in which he wrote many of the details of his aeronautical work; Sellers' personal correspondence, 1899-1917; photographs, including images of Sellers quadruplane hang gliders, wind tunnels, and biplane; photographs by Sellers of the Wr...
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Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.). Aeronautical Archives
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910
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1888-1910
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13 Volumes ((various pagings), ill., 28 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-RR.TL540.C45A2c
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Smithsonian Libraries
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Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 1834-1897
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910
Young, Pearl I.
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1890-1897
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1 Volume ([2], 337 [i.e. 346] leaves, ill., 28 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-RR.TL540.C45A2
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Smithsonian Libraries
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C.L. Stong Papers
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Stong, C.L., 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1952-1976
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12.6 Cubic feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0012
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American from 1952 to 1976. They are arranged chronologically by date of article. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for arti...
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Borst, Henry V.
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undated
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11.99 Cubic feet ((11 record center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0038
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following material: 4.5 cubic feet of research material relating to the book Fluid-Dynamic Lift: Information on Lift and its Derivatives in Air and in Water, presented by Dr.-Ing. S. F. Hoerner, and co-authored by the donor, Henry V. Borst; 4.5 cubic feet of research material relating to the following book authored b...
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Hasson, Dennis F.
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bulk 1959-1970
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0.36 Cubic feet ((1 letter box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0064
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material chronicling the NACA/NASA career of Dennis Hasson, notably his work on Project Mercury, his work with a lenticular manned reentry vehicle for planned lunar missions; and his work with deep-space probes. The following type of material is included: Langley NASA newsletters; memos and correspondence; phone lists an...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Langley Research Center
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1964-1972
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5.85 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0104
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The supercritical wing concept was developed by Dr. Richard T. Whitcomb of the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Whitcomb's airfoil was designed to delay formation of shock waves at high speeds.