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AEDAesthetic Schematic Drawings.
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LiveNov 19, 2026
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- Lot Description
Aesthetic Schematic Drawings. Chicago: University of Chicago Research Institutes, ca. 1940-1950s. A collection of 2 schematic blueprints of various instruments and technology from the University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies dating from the 1940-1950s. Subject titles include "Integrator For Vacuum Furnace Servo-Mechanism" and "Development of Hole in Outer Envelop - Scan. X. II."
22 x 17".
Condition
Light toning and scattered soiling, some handling and wear from age.
- Provenance
The John Erwood University of Chicago Nuclear Power Collection. Erwood was a lab assistant to Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901-November 28, 1954). Fermi was an Italian physicist renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.
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