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Object Name: Computer, Slide Rule, Keuffel & Esser, George Rosen, Propeller Aerodynamicist
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20080398000

	Object Name
	Computer, Slide Rule, Keuffel & Esser, George Rosen, Propeller Aerodynamicist

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d91db92d-3149-481e-811c-c568ad2c8f95

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Keuffel & Esser Company

	Materials
	Wood

	Materials
	Plastic

	Materials
	Ink

	Materials
	White Metal

	Materials
	Glass

	Dimensions
	3-D: 31.8 × 5.1 × 1.1cm (1 ft. 1/2 in. × 2 in. × 7/16 in.)

	Physical Description
	Mahogany, with celluloid white scale overlays, engraved scales and glass cursors. Engineering slide rule Keuffel & Esser Co., New York, New York

	Summary
	George Rosen (1914-2004) graduated from MIT in 1937 and went to work for Hamilton Standard (now United Technologies Aerospace Systems) as the company's first propeller aerodynamicist.

	Summary
	In 1961, he received the United Aircraft Mead Medal in recognition of his work in the field of propeller aerodynamics and outstanding contributions to United Aircraft.

	Summary
	In 1975, Rosen received the Goddard Award for leadership and technical contributions in the engineering sciences of propulsion from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), for his contributions which included the integration of the propeller with modern turbine and turboprop engines, work on the propeller system for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport, the Q-Fan® high bypass ratio propulsion system developed for short take off and landing aircraft, and the variable-camber propeller for tilt-rotor aircraft.

	Summary
	In 1977, Rosen retired from his position as Hamilton Standard's chief of propeller research and development

	Summary
	In 1984, Rosen's history of the airplane propeller, Thrusting Forward, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the joint efforts of Hamilton Standard and the British Aerospace Dynamics Group. The book is one of the few histories dedicated to the aerial propeller.

	Credit Line
	Gift of George Rosen

	Inventory Number
	A20080398000

	Type
	EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous

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