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Book, Heat Treatment of High Temperature Mercurial Thermometers

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Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards, April 15, 1906, Reprint no. 32, Vol.2, No.2, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906. Condition fair to poor as pages are water stained. Notes are written throughout. 36 pages. Authors; Hobart C. Dickinson, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311091

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, Illustrated History of NASA, The

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Description 12" X 11" Brown monograph, simulated leather, author Robin Kerrod, copyright 1987. Further bibliographic info accessed through SWAN. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315005265777

Provenance Donated anonymously in October of 2011 to enhance the yearly NASA display.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

Book, Lag of Thermometers and Thermographs for Aircraft

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Description 9.5" X 12" - 2 page pamphlet. Cataloged with books as part of a specific collection. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather bureau, Monthly Weather Review, February, 1927, 55: 72-73. U. S Government Printing Office, Washington, 1927. Item is in good condition.

Barcode 31315006311133

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, Notes to Accompany Certificate for Resistance Thermometer

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Description 10.5" X 8" National Bureau of Standards. October 15, 1943, Washington D.C. Condition fair/average but yellowed. One pencil strike-out mark is located at the top, right of front. A pen notation; "KEEP IN ICL FILES" is located at the upper, middle of front. Nothing more known about the piece.

Barcode 31315006311125

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, On the Standard Scale of Temperature in the Interval of 0 - 100 Degress C.

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Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Scientific Papers of the Bureau of Standards, No. 69, May 23, 1907, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1907. Condition fair with dark green card stock cover. Fraying is present along the edges and the bottom, right corner is missing. 69 pages. Authors; C. W. Waidner, Associate Physicist and H. C. Dickinson, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311117

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Item in used condition. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, Platinum Resistance Thermometry at High Temperatures

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Description 9.75" X 7" Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards, June 26, 1909, Reprint No. 24, Vol. 6, No.2. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1910. Condition fair/average with the cover missing. 232 pages. Authors; C. W. Waidner, Associate Physicist and G. K. Burgess, Assistant Physicist.

Barcode 31315006311083

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, Recent Modifications in the Construction of Platinum Resistance Thermometers

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Description 10" X 7" Section of book, September 18, 1920. Condition poor with no cover and first page disconnected. Notes written throughout. Author; T. S. Sligh, Jr. "Mr. Mixson" written on top page.

Barcode 31315006311141

Provenance Item shipped from NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA. Currently held in the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection. Not flown. Part of order 15-4.

Purpose For display purposes only.

Book, Space Shuttle - The History of the National Space Transportation System

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Description 11.25" X 8.5" X 1.25" Hardcover book. Jenkins, Dennis R., Book, Seventh Edition, North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-9633974-5-4. Item is in very good condition.

Barcode 31315005773176

Provenance Book purchased for researching artifacts for the Orland Park Public Library NASA Special Collection.

Purpose This volume is used for NASA Special Collection research and for display purposes. Some volumes held by the collection may also be available in the main collection for circulation. Check online or with library staff for availability.

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