Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Four unidentified men working with the supersonic wind tunnel, Ballistics Research Laboratory. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH Supersonic Wind Tunnel, Huntington Library Collection."
mssHUB 1044 (1)
Manuscripts
Resistance testing of a missile, U.S. Army Ballistic Laboratory. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble: "EPH, Huntington Library Collection."
mssHUB 1044 (6)
Manuscripts
Machinery, Ballistics Research Laboratory. Photographer: Photographic Measurements Section, U.S. Army Ballistic Laboratory. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH, Huntington Library Collection." Possible measuring instruments, in three compartments, labeled Pitch, Lift, Drag.
mssHUB 1044 (9)
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Diagram of proposed flexible nozzle supersonic wind tunnel for the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, Md. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble: "EPH Huntington Library Collection". The image's label reads: "Flexible nozzle supersonic wind tunnel, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD." In the lower left-hand corner is a label that reads: "Prepared by Pictorial Branch, The Ordnance School, A.P.G., MD." Below this label is written "A28464".
mssHUB 1044 (17)
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Equipment and machinery in the U.S. Ballistic Laboratory. Photographer: Photographic Measurements Section, Ballistic Research Laboratory Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH, Huntington Library Collection."
mssHUB 1044 (5)
Manuscripts
Eight inch shell about 150 feet beyond muzzle, just after being fired, Ballistics Research Laboratory. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "8-inch shell about 150 ft beyond muzzle, velocity about 2300 ft/sec. Microflash exp. @ 1/1,000,000 second." Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "EPH Huntington Library"
mssHUB 1044 (18)