Photograph of Marjorie Rhodes Townsend receiving the Knight of the Italian Republic Order award in October 1972 for her contributions to the Italian space program. Marjorie Rhodes Townsend, born in 1930, entered The George Washington University…
A draft of a report with a calculation of the rotation of the line of apsides resulting from the atmospheric drag in a spherical atmosphere by H.J. Stewart, professor of aeronautics. It includes a typed letter to Herrick at the beginning from…
The collection includes a letter written by J. A. Snavley, its envelope, and an advertisement postcard/mailer for Scientific American publications. The letter describes attempts to gain a patent for acetylene gas light and other inventions, such as a…
Record of invention forms for an automatic aileron trim control device for airplanes. The forms detail when William H. Phillips and H. A. Kuehnel started work on the invention, when it was disclosed to to others, and what the device is used for.
William H. Phillips details a short theory on how a rotating body would be affected by the release of a despin device, including a figure drawn in pencil.