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.
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