Aeronautics and aerodynamics collection, 1904-1930.

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Aeronautics and aerodynamics collection, 1904-1930.

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Primarily publications of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) collected by Wilson, including annual administrative reports (1922-1930) consisting of committee, progress and financial reports; and technical reports (1922-1928) which are detailed studies covering a range of topics in aeronautics and aerodynamics. Also included are issues of AVIATION (1923-1924), a weekly publication covering current issues in the field of aeronautics; and some reprints (1904-1924) by Edward Leamington Nichols, H. L. Howe, and Ernest George Merritt on luminescence.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Merritt, Ernest, 1865-1948

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