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The Snow Cruiser

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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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Dr. Paul Torda, ca. 1960s

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Year: 1960 to 1969
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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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