Bleakney, Walker. 1901-1992
Walker Bleakney papers, 1920s-1961.
Consists of papers of Bleakney. Included are published and unpublished reports, drafts of articles, graphic data and photographs of experiments, and other material concerning Bleakney's defense-related research on shock waves at the Princeton Gas Dynamics Laboratory, as well as lecture notes and correspondence. Additions to the papers include personal and general correspondence, reports, research papers, Bleakney's notes while at the University of Minnesota, Princeton University lectures and notes for classes, and correspondence related to his involvement in various research and defense organizations, such as the National Defense Research Committee, the National Research Council, Sandia Corporation, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the Office of Naval Research.
Bleakney was a professor of physics at Princeton (1932-1969) and he chaired the Departmetn of Physics from 1960 to 1967.
National Research Council (U.S.)
Princeton University. Department of Physics.
Princeton University. Gas Dynamics Laboratory.
Sandia Corporation.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
United States. Office of Naval Research.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee
Nuclear energy -- United States.
Physics -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Shock waves -- Research -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
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Faculty papers. aat
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Lectures lcgft
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Reports. aat
Physicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton. lcsh
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