031/02. Research Projects

Abstract Crane Co.; 10/07/1949; 1. 50-116; none ;Renewal of Contract, R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 05/15/1950; none. 50-350; none; Renewal of Contract, R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 12/01/1950; none. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 01/01/1950; 1. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 02/15/1950; 2. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 04/01/1950; 3. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron...

Abstract A nuclear reactor was built in 1956 by North American Aviation, Inc. for Armour Research Foundation on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. The reactor was located in ARF's Physics & Electrical Engineering Research Building (aka, PER Building). The reactor was the first one built in the United States to be used for non-military industrial research. Armour Research Foundation, a private research laboratory affiliated with Illinois Tech, did contact work for both...

Description of the Collection Miscellaneous materials about the Snow Cruiser, primarily a 28-page photocopy of The Snow Cruiser: The Story of Its Conception and Construction and the Part it Will Play in the Expedition of the United States Antarctic Service by Alexander Schreiber, Public Relations Counsel, Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology (Project No. 1-89 [?]) Copyright 1939, Armour Research Foundation. Also miscellaneous news clippings. The following item was added to this collection by C....