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| Genre/Form: | Correspondence |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Vannevar Bush; J A Fleming, Sir; Lawrence Hafstad; John C Merriam; Howard E Tatel; Robert Jemison Van de Graaff; Carl Van Doren; James Lloyd Weatherwax |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Archival Material, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Merle Antony Tuve; Winifred Gray Whitman |
| OCLC Number: | 70979847 |
| Language Note: | Collection material in English. |
| Description: | 147,000 items. 420 containers plus 1 classified. 168 linear feet. |
Abstract:
Documents his work as director (1945-1946) of the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University and as director (1946-1966) of the Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, as well as his involvement with the International Geophysical Year, National Academy of Sciences, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Greenbank, W. Va., and a conference on theoretical physics, Washington, D.C. (1939-1940). Subjects include astronomy, composition of the upper atmosphere, cosmic ray flares, geomagnetism, high voltage, conversion of war industries to peacetime uses, magnetism, physics, nuclear physics, seismology, and the Van de Graaff generator. Includes scientific notebooks (1930-1931) of his wife, Winifred Gray Whitman, who collaborated with Tuve in analyzing the effect of high frequency resonance radiation on animals.
Correspondents include Vannevar Bush, Sir J. A. Fleming, Lawrence Hafstad, John C. Merriam, Howard Tatel, Robert Jemison Van de Graaff, Carl Van Doren, and James Lloyd Weatherwax.
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- Bush, Vannevar, -- 1890-1974 -- Correspondence.
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- Hafstad, Lawrence, -- 1904- -- Correspondence.
- Merriam, John C. -- (John Campbell), -- 1869-1945 -- Correspondence.
- Tatel, Howard E. -- (Howard Edwin), -- 1913- -- Correspondence.
- Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison, -- 1901-1967 -- Correspondence.
- Van Doren, Carl, -- 1885-1950 -- Correspondence.
- Weatherwax, James Lloyd, -- b. 1884 -- Correspondence.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington. -- Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism.
- Johns Hopkins University. -- Applied Physics Laboratory.
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
- Astronomy.
- Atmosphere, Upper.
- Cosmic rays.
- Defense industries.
- Electricity.
- Geomagnetism.
- Geophysics -- International cooperation.
- High voltages.
- International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
- Nuclear physics.
- Physics.
- Physics -- Washington (D.C.) -- Congresses.
- Proximity fuzes.
- Radiation.
- Science -- Societies, etc.
- Seismology.
- Van de Graaff generator.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
