Design Study. Optical Equipment for Celestial System Navigation. K&E Optics & Metrology Div., Hoboken, N.J., (1962.)

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Hoboken Historical Museum

pg [i] title leaf

pg [i] title leaf

Name/Title

Design Study. Optical Equipment for Celestial System Navigation. K&E Optics & Metrology Div., Hoboken, N.J., (1962.)

Entry/Object ID

2015.001.0087

Scope and Content

Design Study. Optical Equipment for Celestial System Navigation. Keuffel & Esser Company, Hoboken, N.J., Optics & Metrology Division (O&M). [1962.] An example of a type of science work done by K&E in Hoboken. See notes for more including possible uses and likely a patent that resulted from some use of this work. ---- PART I NARRATIVE Prepared by: Dr. Kent Erickson Senior Staff Physicist Approved by: George Geier Manager - Research & Development Sections: Dual Beam Star Simulator, pp. [ii], 59 Single Beam Star Simulator, pg [1] Sky Simulator, part 1, pg [i], 15 Spectrophotomer, pp. 11 Photometer, pp. 4 Design Study, Part II , pg [1] Enclosures: Drawings (18 fold-out drawings, dated August to November 1962.) General format is 8-1/2" x 11"; fold-outs vary including several that are doubled in height and cannot be opened without disbinding the report.

Acquisition

Accession

2015.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1962 - 1962

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1962 Date(s): 1962

General Notes

Note

Notes: There is no name of a client, but this research may have been done as part of a bid, speculative work or routine product development for a new market. The equipment designed is apparently for military, government or institutional (such as a university doing contract research) use. It may also have been for a planetarium - U.S. Patent 3,395,607 Filed: March 23, 1964 Publication date: August 6, 1968 Applicant: Keuffel & Esser Co Title: Star and sky simulator The inventor listed for this patent was George Geier who on the study in this record is listed as the Manager - Research & Development. Dr. Erickson is not listed. Status: 06/09/2015 Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-06-09