Papers, 1940-1972.

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Papers, 1940-1972.

Consists of personal papers of Seibert Quimby Duntley. Includes correspondence, student notes from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology, subject files, films, teaching materials, reports, patent records, calendars, data, telephone directories, and material documenting scientific societies, including the Optical Society of America.

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California Institute of Technology

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Visibility Laboratory

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The Visibility Laboratory originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1939. Its mission was to apply optics to problems of camouflage and misdirection with respect to an anticipated aerial bombardment of Boston, and its early work was supported by the WPA. When the War began, National Defense Research Committee funding was secured, and the work of the Laboratory centered on investigations of target locations and the location of downed pilots. After the War, the Laboratory received...

Duntley, Seibert Q.

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Duntley (1911-). Physicist. From the description of Papers, 1940-1972. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 78403370 ...