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Eugene Starr Papers, 1911-1988

2. Precipitation-Static Reduction Research. 1931-1951.

The materials in Series 2 date to Starr's major contributions toward eliminating weather-related static electricity interference as it pertained to radio communications in aircraft.


11 boxes

2.001.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Progress Reports by Eugene Starr. 1938, 1941-1942.
1.1.
"United Airlines Precipitation-Static Report". Jan. 1938.
1.2.
"Progress Report on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Jul. 1941.
1.3.
"Progress Report 2 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Sep. 1941.
1.4.
"Progress Report 3 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Nov. 1941.
1.5.
"Progress Report 4 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Jan. 1942.
1.6.
"Progress Report 5 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Mar. 1942.
1.7.
"Progress Report 6 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). May 1942.

2.002.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Progress Reports by Eugene Starr. 1942-1943.
2.1.
"Progress Report 7 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). Jul. 1942.
2.2.
"Progress Report 8 on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins) + "Progress Report 9on C-21 Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Starr / Huggins). 1942.
2.3.
"Precipitation-Static Reduction Research - Final Report" - copy 1. Mar. 1943.
2.4.
"Precipitation-Static Reduction Research - Final Report" - copy 2 + photos and notes. Mar. 1943.

2.003.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Progress Reports by Eugene Starr. 1943.
3.1.
"Precipitation-Static Reduction Research - Final Report" (Starr / Huggins) - copy 3 - printer's draft. Mar. 1943.

2.004.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Papers by Eugene Starr. 1938-1943.
4.1.
"Storm-Static Radio Interference Phenomena Originating on Aircraft" (EC Starr). 1938-1939.
4.2.
"High-Voltage Direct-Current Point Discharges" (EC Starr) - multiple drafts. 1939.
4.3.
"Aircraft Precipitation-Static Radio Interference" (EC Starr) - multiple drafts. 1939-1940.
4.4.
Aircraft Precipitation Static Materials. 1939-1942.
4.5.
"Precipitation-Static Research - Recommended Program for Immediate Improvement of Aircraft Radio Reception Under Precipitation-Static Conditions" (EC Starr). 1943.

2.005.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Non-Starr Progress Reports. 1940-1943.
5.1.
"A Progress Report on Elimination of Rain and Snow Static" (Slayter Electronics Corp.). ca. 1940.
5.2.
"Preliminary Report on Atmospheric Electrical Discharges to Aircraft" (US Weather Bureau). 1941.
5.3.
"First Partial Report on Precipitation Static Problem" (Naval Research Laboratory) - 2 copies. 1942.
5.4.
"Report on the Radio-Influence Characteristics of Radioactivated Dischargers" (Canadian Radium & Uranium Corp.). 1942.
5.5.
Precipitation Static Research - progress reports (University of New Mexico). 1942-1943.
5.6.
"Progress Report No. 2 - Study of the Effect of Aircraft Surface Treatment on Electrical Charges Causing Precipitation Static" (Purdue University). 1943.
5.7.
Progress Reports - Precipitation Static Research (United Airlines). 1943.

2.006.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Non-Starr Progress Reports. 1938-1939, 1942-1943.
6.1.
Refrigerated Wind Tunnel Tests - Icing Test of Radio Equipment for American Airlines (B.F. Goodrich Company). 1938.
6.2.
"A Laboratory Investigation of Precipitation Static" (Purdue University). 1939.
6.3.
"Report on Preliminary Tests on the Radio-Influence Characteristics of a Radioactivated-Point Discharger" (Huggins). 1942.
6.4.
"Radio Noise of Precipitation-Static Origin" (Consolidated Vultee). 1943.
6.5.
"A Report on Precipitation-Static Reduction Research" (Huggins) - multiple drafts. 1943.

2.007.
Precipitation-Static Reduction Research: Non-Starr Progress Reports. 1943-1944.
7.1.
Progress Reports 1-5 on Precipitation Static Reduction (State College of Washington). 1943.
7.2.
"A Final Report on Precipitation Static Reduction Research" (Washington State College). 1944.

2.008.
Research Materials re: Precipitation-Static Reduction. 1937-1951, undated.
8.1.
Canadian Radium & Uranium Corporation - data. undated.
8.2.
Photos and Negatives of Test Facility and Results. undated.
8.3.
United Airlines - correspondence, data, and calculations. 1937-1938.
8.4.
Radio Interference Frequency Spectra - data and calculations. 1939.
8.5.
Precipitation Static Research (Civil Aeronautics Administration). 1940.
8.6.
Radium Discharger Report - draft w/graph. 1942.
8.7.
Aircraft Precipitation Static Investigations (TWA) - lab results. 1942-1943.
8.8.
Precipitation-Static - ARL Progress Report. 1943.
8.9.
Precipitation Static Bulletin Correspondence. 1938-1945.
8.10.
Advisory Reports. 1940-1951.

2.009.
Research Materials re: Precipitation-Static Reduction. 1931, 1941-1943, undated.
9.1.
Aircraft Precipitation Static Proposed Resistive Discharger for Aircraft + Experimental Positive-Point-Discharger Frequency Spectrum. undated.
9.2.
Point discharges and Precipitation Static Illustrations. undated.
9.3.
Static Discharge Study - drafts. undated.
9.4.
Figures for Discharge Current and Flame Behavior.
9.5.
"The Effect of an Electric Field on Flames and their Propagation" (Lewis) + "The Effect of an Electric Field on the Propagation of Flame" (Guenault, Wheeler). 1931.
9.6.
Flame Discharger - correspondence, test results. 1941-1943.
9.7.
Discharger Data. 1941-1943.
9.8.
Aircraft Precipitation Static Discharge Devices - graphs, figures, paper. 1943.
9.9.
Precipitation Static Research - propeller tip discharge testing. 1942-1943.

2.010.
Research Materials re: Precipitation-Static Reduction. 1938-1944, undated.
10.1.
Rough Draft Materials - handwritten and typed appendices (Starr). undated.
10.2.
Technical Data - calculations and notes. 1938-1944.

2.011.
Research Materials re: Precipitation-Static Reduction. 1942-1944, undated.
11.1.
Airplane discharge characteristics - original drawings, photostat negatives. undated.
11.2.
Vacuum Chamber - drawings & calculations (Huggins). 1942.
11.3.
Blower-Exhauster - correspondence re: building an air tunnel test chamber. 1942-1943.
11.4.
Experiment materials: cathode ray oscillograms and negatives - Point Discharge Studies, Performance Characteristics of Discharge Devices. 1944, undated.