Hydraulic engineering

Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Search also subdivision Power utilization under names of individual bodies of water

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Hazen papers

Collection

Identifier: MC-0430

Scope and Contents The papers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) civil engineering graduate Allen Hazen contain records of his career as a consulting engineer, specializing in water supply and purification. The typescript by Dennis Sebian of his Hazen biography "Pioneer Engineering" in box 26 of the collection provides a detailed analysis of Hazen's importance in the discipline of water engineering in the early twentieth century. Allen Hazen advised a large number of cities and towns in...

Dates: 1883 - 1974

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Arthur T. Ippen papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MC-0011

Scope and Contents of the Collection The Arthur T. Ippen papers document his career as professor of civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and his active professional leadership and consulting work. The papers are resources on the topics of engineering education, international education, and water research. They also chronicle the construction and expansion of the MIT Hydrodynamics Laboratory and reflect Ippen's and the Institute's activities in international educational exchange during the 1960s...

Dates: 1925 - 1978

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections

Clemens Herschel papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MC-0221

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Collection includes Herschel's professional correspondence with fellow engineers on the design and construction of bridges, dams, and power plants; and the design and use of venturis and weirs, which he invented, for the measurement of water flow. Also includes Herschel's correspondence and reports for the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Holyoke (Mass.) Water Power Company. Collection also contains Herschel's personal correspondence with colleagues and friends.

Dates: 1866 - 1923

Found in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections