Elliott Reid papers, 1924-1966.

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Elliott Reid papers, 1924-1966.

Correspondence, research notes and drawings, reports, articles, product specifications, commercial publications, photographs, and other items pertaining to airplanes and aeronautical research, including his research on wings and propellers. There is correspondence with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and aircraft companies such as Boeing, Douglas, Northrop, and Lockheed. Correspondents include Col. Homer A. Boushey, Louis B. Gratzer, George J. Higgins, E.P. Lesley, G.W. Lewis, Earl C. Popp, L. Prandtl, and D.D. Warner. Collection also includes research logs and bills from research conducted for Tracerlab, Inc., of Berkeley, 1949-54.

4.75 linear feet.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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Boushey, Homer A., Col.

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Popp, Earl C.

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Gratzer, Louis B.

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Lewis, G. W.

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Stanford University. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Lesley, Parker

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Higgins, George J.

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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...

Reid, Elliott, 1900-1968.

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Professor of aeronautics at Stanford (1929-1965). Reid was the author of APPLIED WING THEORY, 1932, and many technical papers published by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. From the description of Elliott Reid papers, 1924-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500398 Biographical/Historical Sketch Professor of aeronautics at Stanford (1929-1965). Reid was the author of APPLIED WING THEORY, 1932, and many ...

Warner, D. D.

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