Papers, 1914-1956.

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Papers, 1914-1956.

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Correspondence; diaries; manuscripts; notes and notebooks; apparatus. The correspondence (1917-1922, 1956) concerns World War I defense research, as well as the development of the paper cone loudspeaker and geological subterranean sounding; the diaries (1914-1916, 1927-1928, 1930-1932) describe both social and academic activities, and negotiations and technical projects at Hughes Tool Company (1928-1933). The manuscripts (1919-1966) are of articles and addresses concerning acoustical and geophysical research as well as the history of science. Notebooks and notes (1919-1931) include student notebooks from undergraduate years at Rice University and seismographic studies. The apparatus is an example of the Hughes' plunger lift. Correspondents include: Karl K. Darrow, Robert A. Millikan, C. N. Scott, and Augustus Trowbridge.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Trowbridge, Augustus, 1870-1934

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Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Department of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, heading its Sound and Flash Ranging Service. From the guide to the Augustus Trowbridge papers, 1917-1919, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-

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Physicist (science writer). Physicist, Western Electric Company, 1917-1924 and Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1925-1956; Secretary, American Physical Society, 1941-1966. Died 1982. From the description of Karl Kelchner Darrow Papers, 1872-1978, (bulk 1917-1972) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306668 Physicist (science writer). Physicist with Western Electric Company, 1917-1924 and Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1925-1956; Secretary, American Physical Society, 1941-1966. Died 1...

Scott, C. Neil (Clarence Neil), 1968-

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Hughes Tool Company

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Ricker, Norman Hurd, 1896-1980

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Physicist (acoustics, geophysics) and inventor. Physicist, Hughes Tool Company, 1928-1933; senior research physicist, Carter Oil Company, 1938-1958; on physics faculty at University of Oklahoma from 1959. From the description of Papers, 1914-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81273628 Physicist (acoustics, geophysics) and inventor. Physicist, Hughes Tool Company (1928-1933); senior research physicist, Carter Oil Company (1938-1958); and on the physics faculty at University...

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...

Rice University.

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies oversees research and graduate programs. From the guide to the Research and Graduate Studies office records UA 130., 1996-2001, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University) William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research uni...