Theodore von Kármán papers, 1871-1963

California Institute of Technology

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

Burgers, J. M. (Johannes Martinus), 1895-

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Burgers (1895-1981). Physicist (fluid dynamics, theory of turbulence, viscosity of suspensions). Major affiliations Include: Technische Hogeschool te Delft, Delft, Netherlands, 1918-1955; and University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, 1955-1965. From the description of Papers, ca. 1912-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122336093 Physicist (fluid dynamics, theory of turbulence, viscosity of suspensions). Major affiliations include: technische Hodeschool te Delft, Delft...

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...

Berliner, Arnold

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Marie von Bülow was the widow of the pianist and composer Hans von Bülow, and an acquaintance of Berliner's; Anna Mahler was Alma Mahler's daughter. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1933-1941. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862933 ...

Gabrielli, Giuseppe, 1903-1987

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Kármán, Mór, 1843-1915

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Blumenthal, Otto, 1876-1944

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Kawanishi Aircraft Company (Japan)

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Luftschiffbau Zeppelin

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Aerojet-General Corporation

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Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram, 1886-1975

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Hans Thacher Clarke studied chemistry at University College, London (1896-1905), worked for the Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester (1914-1928), and was a professor of biological chemistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (1928-1956). Among other researches, he was involved in the production of penicillin in the U.S. Hans Thacher Clarke (1887-1972) was born in Harrow, England. From 1896-1905, he attended University College London School, and we...

Born, Max, 1882-1970

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Physicist (solid state physics, quantum mechanics, lattice dynamics, wave functions, molecules). On the physics faculty at Universität Göttingen (1908-1914, 1921-1933); Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (1914-1919); and University of Edinburgh (1936-1956). From the description of Lecture notebooks, 1905-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79287462 From the description of Papers, ca. 1945-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77749891 From the description of P...

Hunsaker, Jerome Clarke, 1886-1984

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Jerome Clarke Hunsaker was an aeronautical engineer and designer. Born in Creston, Iowa in 1886, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy and later received a Doctorate of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hunsaker was posted as Chief, Aircraft Division, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department from 1916–1921. He became Chief of the Design Division in 1921, where he designed the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship constructed in the...

International Congress of Applied Mechanics

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Von Mises, Richard, 1883-1953

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Von Mises, mathematician and philosopher of science, was Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard. He collected German and Austrian literature, and particularly the works of Rainer Maria Rilke. From the description of Papers, 1908-1950. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357330 Von Mises was an Austrian-born American mathematician, engineer, and positivist philosopher who notably advanced statistics and probability theory. Rilke was...

Bolza, Hans, 1889-1986

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University of Aachen. Aerodynamical Institute

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Levi-Civita, Tullio, 1873-1941

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Mathematician. From the description of Correspondence. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80362483 Levi-Civita was among the great mathematicians of this century. He was involved in several aspects of the ongoing developments in theoretical physics (relativity, quantum mechanics and applied mechanics). From the description of Papers, 1896-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82023325 ...

Guggenheim family

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United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Aeronautical Research and Development

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Junkers Airplane Works (Germany)

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United States. Air Force Science Advisory Board.

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Handley-Page, Ltd. (England)

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Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory

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Courant, Richard, 1888-1972

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Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963

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Aeronautical engineer (aeronautics, physics, applied mathematics), science advisor, and first director of the Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech. From the description of Papers, 1871-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81407179 Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodore Von Kármán : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632066 Aeronautical engineer, science advisor...

Prandtl, Ludwig, 1875-1953

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Major affiliations include: Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, 1904-1924; Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany, 1925-. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78440442 Physicist, Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, since 1915 director of the Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt in Göttingen which was integrated in the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in 1919 and enlarged as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsf...