Oral history interview with John Henry Dillon, 1979 March 21.

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Oral history interview with John Henry Dillon, 1979 March 21.

A chat between two old friends covering the years 1932 (when Dillon became member of the Society of Rheology) to 1959 and Dillon's presidency of the Society. Eugene Bingham founder of Society, an industrial/and academic mixture; initial interest in diversity of materials; Polymers Society gets support from Chemical Foundation after 1940; the Mooney viscometer, viscosity versus plasticity (the creep curve; papers published in Journal of Applied Physics and from 1953 with separate rheology issues. Comments on international exchanges and involvement; British Rheologist Club. Also prominently mentioned is: A. Stuart Hunter.

Transcript, 8 p.

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Marvin, R. S.,

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Dillon, John Henry, 1905-1982.

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Society of Rheology (U.S.)

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A professional society of chemists, physicists, biologists, and others that seeks the advancement of rheology, the theory and precise measurement of the deformation and flow of matter and its applications, through meetings and publications. The Society was organized in 1929 and is a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. From the description of Miscellaneous publications, 1919-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154303344 From the description of Recor...

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