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Collection of 54 offprints, pamphlets and other documents

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Description: Ludwig Prandtl was a pioneer in the development of rigorous systematic mathematical analyses applied to the science of aerodynamics, which have come to form the basis of the applied science of aeronautical engineering. In the 1920s he developed the mathematical basis for the fundamental principles of subsonic aerodynamics in particular; and in general up to and including transonic velocities. His studies identified the boundary layer, thin-airfoils, and lifting-line theories. The Prandtl number, measuring ratio of momentum diffusivity (kinematic viscosity) to thermal diffusivity, was named after him.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Call number: 753602
Creator: Prandtl, Ludwig (1875-1953)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 36 cm
Associated people: Von Kármán, Theodore, (1881-1963.)

The genetical theory of natural selection

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Fisher established mathematical population genetics and his "fundamental theorem of natural selection" which is the rate of increase in fitness of any organism at any time is equal to its genetic variance in fitness at that time.

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Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection

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This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.

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Vito Volterra offprints collection

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Collection contains approximately 17,000 offprints, reprints, and pamphlets on the history of science collected by Vito Volterra, many of which are dedicated by the authors to Volterra. Materials date from 1754 through 1956; however, the bulk of the papers date to the first few decades of the twentieth century. Materials relate to Volterra's involvement with the international scientific community of the time, especially in Europe and the United States. Subjects represented are primarily the physical sciences, in particular astronomy, mathematics, fluid mechanics, energetics, and chemistry. Materials include works by many of Volterra's Italian and European mathematician contemporaries, including Beppo Levi, Tullio Levi-Civita, Gösta Mittag-Lefler, Jacques Hadamard, G. H. Hardy, and Paul Lévy, as well as inaugural lectures of many noted scholars and theses of their students. Of note is the most complete collection of reprints pertaining to the first phase of general relativity, which includes the works of Élie Cartan, Arthur Eddington, Albert Einstein, David Hilbert, Levi-Civita, and Hermann Weyl. However, the collection also includes papers and lectures by lesser-known scholars. Please see the Other Finding Aids note for more information on the materials within the collection.

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Conference, 1943

Manuscripts

Contains correspondence, Conference Notes and Programs, Copy of Paper by S. B. Morris, "Fundamental of a University Hydraulics Education" and a Preprint of Paper in Science By Professor W. F. Durand, "The Development of our Knowledge of the Laws of Fluid Mechanics."

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Approx. 12 items: memos, charts and reports related to the ratio of advertising to news in LAT.

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Railroad electrification and the electric locomotive : outline of principles involved in railroad electrification : a comparison of steam and electric locomotives : history of electrification in United States : data on electrification in America, Europe and Australia

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The aim of this volume is to provide, without too technical detail, information of value to anyone concerned with the operation, the maintenance and the repair of electric locomotives. The fundamental units and principles of electrical science in general are explained and, in addition to descriptions and illustrations of electric locomotive design and construction, there are included examples of the practical solution of problems as encountered in the electrification of steam railway properties. There is also appended a brief history of the electrification of steam railroads in the United States--Adapted from preface.

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