Bleakney Shock Tube
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content: Walter Bleakney (1902-1992) was a professor of physics at Princeton who worked on the ionization of gases. In 1940 he started what became the Princeton University station of the National Defense Research Council. As part of this World War II work, Bleakney studied the damage caused by various shock waves, using a device that became known as a shock tube.
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content: Ref: R. J. Emrich, “Walter Bleakney and the Development of the Shock Tube at Princeton,” <i>Shock Waves</i> 5 (1996): 327-339.
label: Description
content: “Walter Bleakney,” <i>Physics Today</i> (Sept. 1993): 80.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.330590
label: accession number
content: 299612
label: catalog number
content: 330590
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shock tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 54 in x 6 in; 12.065 cm x 137.16 cm x 15.24 cm