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The Snow Cruiser
Year:
1939
Contributors
Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Description
Cover of a glossy magazine published by the Armour Research Foundation on the Snow Cruiser Antarctic Expedition. The Snow Cruiser was designed by Armour Research Foundation Scientific Director Thomas C. Poulter, constructed by ARF, and taken on Richard Byrd's third Antarctic expedition. more
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Binaural research experiment, Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1946-1960
Year:
1946 to 1960
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Description
Photograph of an Illinois Tech student in an anechoic chamber at the Parmly Sound Laboratory. From press release attached to photograph: "Illinois Tech student, Jack Kiser, takes part in binaural hearing experiment at the Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research. Kiser is listening to two different tones in the completely silent (anechoic) chamber in order to determine their direction.… more
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A-C Network Calculator, inside mechanics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1945
Year:
1945
Contributors
Description
Photograph of some of the inner mechanics of Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively purchased by Illinois Tech's Electrical Engineering department and a ten Midwest power companies for $80,000 in 1944. more
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W.C. Jacobs and J.M. Brager of Consumer Powers Company with A-C Network Calculator, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1951
Year:
1951-08
Contributors
Description
W.C Jacobs (left) and J. M. Brager (right) of Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Michigan, making adjustments on Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator during a study on the calculator of the Consumers Power system. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively… more
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Two Men with A-C Network Calculator, Illinois Institute of Technology, ca. 1951
Year:
1951
Contributors
Description
Photograph of two men (possibly W.C Jacobs and J. M. Brager of Consumers Power Company using Illinois Institute of Technology's A-C Network Calculator. The A-C Calculator, used to test complex power systems in a controlled, miniature environment, was the tenth of its kind in the country. It was cooperatively purchased by Illinois Tech's Electrical Engineering department and a ten… more
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Dr. Paul Torda, ca. 1960s
Year:
1960 to 1969
Contributors
Description
Photograph of Dr. T. Pail Torda. Dr. Torda was Director of Armour Research Foundation's fluid dynamics and propulsion research division from 1959 until 1962. He joined the Illinois Tech faculty in 1962 as a professor of mechanical engineering, at which time he remained an ARF consultant. Torda helped to design the Blue Flame, which held the land speed record from 1972 to 1980, and was… more
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