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NIR-2 (Mk144) fuze
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photograph: negative
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4.175″ long. Steel and brass. This fuze was armed by aerodynamic pressure. It turned out that the pressure did not get high enough below the velocity of sound. Work on this fuze was dropped in favor of the AIR-8. Cutaway showing state of fuze after launch.
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Slide rule
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photograph: print
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Keuffel and Esser Mannheim-type slide rule. Housed in leather case and cardboard box.
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Ainsworth Transit
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photograph: print
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Wm. Ainsworth & Sons small transit. Manufactured in Denver, Colorado. Model #2421. Housed in wooden case.
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Potentiometer
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photograph: negative
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Model 398521. Mfg. Leeds & Northrup Co., Philadelphia, PA.
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Tubular bulb
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photograph: negative
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Nothing more is known about this item. Mfg. General Electric.
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Arithmometer, Model 11259
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photograph: negative
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An early form of mechanical calculator, which performs arithmetic operations. In working condition. In wood case. Mfg: W.T. Odhner, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Plumb bob, Egyptian
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photograph: negative
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Diorite with bronze ring. See “Scientific Instruments Ancient and Modern.”
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Keuffel & Esser Alidade
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photograph: print
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Keuffel & Esser Alidade, model #130567. Used by Kerry Sieh in his seismological research in Southern California
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Ion chamber used by Millikan and Neher
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photograph: negative
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Used on Stratosphere flight of National Geographic Soc./Army Air Corp in 1934. Balloon exploded when gondola 2000 ft. above ground. Piece broken out of clock case. Used in ships around the world. RAM had 3 or 4 similar instruments made for his trip to S.A. in 1926, when he went to Lake Titicaca and a Bolivan mining town. This work is all described in Phy. Rev. 31. Mfg. CIT Physics Shop.
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Voltmeter, multicellular electrostatic
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photograph: negative
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Has model or serial number 15129. Manufacturer noted as successor to Kelvin and James White on plate. Mfg: Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird, Ltd.
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Weather guide (2 views)
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photograph: negative
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Part of the Arnold Beckman Collection. Mfg. Irving Krick (?).
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Demonstration model, electron wave theory
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photograph: negative
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According to Mendenhall notes, this appears to be the demonstration model for C.J. Davisson’s electron wave theory, which won a Nobel Prize in 1937. No more information is available. Glass hull, many contacts, partially painted grayish-black.
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AIR-8 (Mk149) fuze
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photograph: negative
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For 3.5″ and 5.0″ aircraft rocket and 5.0″ high velocity aircraft rocket (HVAR). About 4″ long. Brass and steel, with zinc alloy magazine. First fuze designed specifically for aircraft rockets, it was completely moisture proof. Development begun Nov., 1943; between March and June, 1944, 45,000 fuzes manufactured and loaded by Caltech for the navy. “A”: cutaway version, stamped CIT LW lot 8; “B”: stamped WSM lot 47.
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AIR-3 fuze
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photograph: negative
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For 7.0″ chemical warfare rocket (CWR), modified from AIR-2. 2.9″ long, steel and brass (missing burster tube). About 600 manufactured by Caltech for testing but never standardized. The rocket for which it was disigned was replaced by the 7.2″ CWR, which used the AIR-5 (Mk147) fuze.
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Weights set
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photograph: negative
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Mfg. Christian Becker Inc., NY.
