Collins, Samuel C. (Samuel Cornette)
Samuel C. Collins papers, 1938-1983.
Laboratory notebooks of Collins and others document the development of the Collins Helium Liquifier, the first reliable refrigerator-sized helium liquifier. Also included are research notes and experimental results dealing with the thermodynamic properties of gases in various mechanical systems, and articles on these cryogenic experiments and related improvements in equipment design. There are copies of 35 patents, 1949-1974, for inventions and design improvements in cryogenic equipment and gas treatment processes.
Samuel Cornette Collins, 1898-1983, B.S. 1920, M.S. in agriculture, 1924, University of Tennessee; Ph.D. in physical chemistry, 1929, University of North Carolina, came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research associate in 1930, became an assistant professor in 1936, associate professor in 1941, professor in 1959, and professor emeritus in 1964. During World War II he was involved in the development of an airborne oxygen generator. He developed the first practical device for liquifying helium and in 1949 established the Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory at MIT. His research focused on the thermodynamic properties of gases, production and maintenance of very low temperatures, and improvement of low pressure oxygen, nitrogen, and air processes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty -- Personal and professional papers.
Gases -- Liquefaction -- Patents.
Gases -- Liquefaction -- Research -- 1938-1983.
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