Excursions in the domain of physics, 1965.

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Excursions in the domain of physics, 1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80053185

The manuscipt discusses Horton's interest in physics, work at Western Electric (later Bell Laboratories), work on acoustics and standardization of physical units, Massachusetts Institute of Technology research, and development of the science of underwater acoustics.

12 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Horton, J. Warren (Joseph Warren), 1889-1967.

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Western electric company

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The Western Electric Company was a subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. The firm manufactured a wide variety of telephone equipment at its Hawthorne Works in Chicago, Illinois. A notable series of worker efficiency experiments known as the Hawthorne Studies were staged at the plant between 1924 and 1933. From the description of Photograph album, 1925. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 52815587 From the description of Western Electric Com...