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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Caruthers, Felix P.
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1952-1984
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0812
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers, mostly technical, relating to Caruthers' development of automated machine tools. The papers include technical reports and notes; schematics for specific inventions including diagrams, graphs, photographs and plans bound together; patents and related correspondence; operators' manuals; copies of papers delivered by Caruthers at engineering events; and assorted trade literature.
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Worsley, Beatrice H., Dr. (associate professor)
Mathematics, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1946-1959
- Size:
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0237
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Worsley's papers include handwritten notebooks, loose notes, memoranda, reprints from her articles in professional journals, and copies of her theses written in fulfillment of the master's and doctor's degree, from MIT and the University of Cambridge, respectively. All of these papers deal with technical and theoretical problems of computer des...
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Engel, Rolf.
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bulk 1935-1936
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0856
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of files for eight different projects related to rockets conceived by Hermann Oberth, Rudolf Nebel, Franz Mengering, Reinhold Tiling, and some unattributed work. The rockets discussed the project files includes Mirak and Doppelstaber (this may be another name for the Repulsor), as well as several other types. The files cont...
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Engineering Notebook Collection
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Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1835-1930
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection of personal notebooks of civil engineers.
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Fish, Farnum T., 1896-1978
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Circa 1912
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0876
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Farnum T. Fish (1896-1978) was an early aviator who flew his Wright (Co) Model B biplane in numerous air meets. This collection consists of five photographic post cards showing Fish and his aircraft as well as handwritten technical notes.
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Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1944-1965
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0324
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The material includes technical notes, operating instructions and descriptions relating to projects which Hopper participated in at Harvard during and after World War II and later in the private sector. These projects involved the creation of the Navy's Mark I, II and III "mechanical calculators" (the fore runners of today's computers) and the UNI...
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Schratter, Marlis, 1919-
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1956-1983
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1.6 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schrmarl
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Archives of American Art
Letters, technical notes, business records, scrapbook, printed material, photographs, a motion picture film, and fired clay samples document Schratter's ceramic techniques and her artistic and teaching activities.
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Magellan GPS
- Dates:
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1978-2005
bulk 1986-1998
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12 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1214
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Magellan Systems Corporation Records document various aspects of the development of several different Magellan GPS devices through engineering, research, design, manufacturing, and marketing records. Magellan Systems Corporation introduced the first hand-held differential GPS product and the conpany's focus was on research, product engineering, and design activities for GPS receivers. The collection includes correspondence and internal company reports and memoranda; design drawings; research notes; engineering notebooks, technical notes, schematics; photographs, slides and negatives; video and audiocassettes; advertisements; product literature, magazine articles and newspaper clippings; press releases; and user guides and manuals.
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Henderson, Daniel
Hashimoto, Kazuo
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1968-2002
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3 Cubic feet (9 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0875
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photocopied American, Japanese, German, and French patents; photocopied articles, advertisements, news releases, user manuals, buyer's guides, company analyses, technical references, and an oversize timeline documenting the history and development of cellular phones and related wireless devices.
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Lyons, Harold, Dr., 1913-1998
Lyons, Sherrie
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1935 - 1991
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0701
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Harold Lyons was a physicist whose primary interest was in atomic frequency standards and atomic clocks. The collection documents Lyons and his work with atomic clocks. The collection includes his research as manifested in published papers, presentations, reports, correspondence, laboratory notes, photographs and diagrams.