Papers of Edward Jones Willis [manuscript] 1895-1964.

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Papers of Edward Jones Willis [manuscript] 1895-1964.

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The collection contains correspondence relating to Willis' work as an engineer and as chairman of the Virginia Board of Mechanical Survey, the Willis navigation instrument, the Willis planimeter, other inventions and their manufacture and sale, engineering, and navigation. The collection also contains a scrapbook of clippings compiled by Edward J. Willis, 1895, and printed items. Names represented include his sons, Francis Thomas Willis and Edward Fauntleroy Willis, Homer Lenoir Ferguson, George Washington Littlehales, Philip Van Horn Weems, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the United States Naval Institute, and the United States Navy.

5 boxes.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7927336

University of Virginia. Library

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American society of mechanical engineers

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Willis, Edward Fauntleroy, 1909-

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United States Naval institute

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Mariners' museum Newport News, Va.

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In 2005, the Library created an artificial collection of several David G. Farragut letters owned by the Museum, which had mostly been accessioned prior to 1941. The accession numbers for these individual letters were the following: CA1, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA8, CA25, and CA54. From the description of Collection of David G. Farragut documents, 1861-1864. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 775010556 ...

Weems, Philip Van Horn, 1889-

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Littlehales, G. W. (George Washington), 1860-1943

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Willis, Francis Thomas, 1816-1898

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Ferguson, Homer L. (Homer Lenoir), 1873-1953

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Willis, Edward J. (Edward Jones), 1866-1941

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Consulting engineer and inventor, of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers of Edward Jones Willis [manuscript] 1895-1964. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647933220 ...