Hans Reissner Papers, 1881-1984

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Hans Reissner Papers, 1881-1984

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Papers of Hans Reissner (1874-1967), aeronautical engineer, physicist, professor, and researcher. Reissner designed the first successful aircraft with all-metal wing and tail surfaces and the first controllable-pitch propeller. He began his career in Germany, working with Ferdinand Zeppelin, Hugo Junkers and also teaching. He immigrated to the United States in 1938 and taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1938-1944) and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1944-1954). Materials include correspondence, much of it relating to German aviation development in the early twentieth century; published and unpublished articles documenting Reissner's work in Germany and the United States; propeller patents (1919-1946); an aerial bombing chart (1915); teaching materials dated after 1937; photographs of early German aircraft; and, photographs of Hans Reissner. The Hans Reissner Papers are arranged in eight series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS BY HANS REISSNER, 4) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 5) LECTURES AND TEACHING MATERIAL, 6) PATENTS, 7) SUBJECT FILES, and 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

4.00 linear feet; (6 archives boxes and 5 oversize folders.)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Civil engineer born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at Berlin University under the tutelage of the physicist Max Planck. Reissner's early research was in the area of structural mechanics. His 1902 dissertation on vibrations of framed structures earned him one of the first doctorates in engineering. In 1908 Reissner became interested in aeronautics and went on to publish a ground-breaking article entitled "Wissenschaftliche Fragen aus der Flugtechnik." During World War I, Reissner assisted in de...

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