King, Robert B. (Robert Burnett)
Robert B. King collection on fuzes, 1943-1945.
Contains thirty-four rocket fuzes and parts, designed and manufactured by Caltech for the U.S. armed services, mostly the navy, during World War II. The entire fuze collection has been photographed and may be viewed online through the Caltech Archives' web page on PhotoNet. The documents include a set of the Confidential Bulletins of Section L (OSRD Contract OEMsr-418), as well as several technical manuals published by the U.S. Navy. All materials have been declassified.
Astrophysicist. Professor of Physics, Caltech (1948-1968); head of Fuze Group within the Caltech rocket project, headed by Charles Lauritsen and funded by the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD).
King, Robert B. (Robert Burnett)
Lauritsen, Charles Christian. 1892-1968.
United States. Navy. Bomb Disposal School.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Fuzes (Ordnance)
AIP-ICOS
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