Discusses his collection of and research on meteorites, c. 1935-1960, including: techniques for analyzing meteorites; stories about individual meteorites; his 1955 visit to the Vatican collection and subsequent exchange of specimens; use of the phase rule in meteorite analysis; reminiscences of John Putnam Marble, a research associate who worked on purifying uranium; reminiscences of Harrison Brown of the University of Chicago who compiled a bibliography on meteorites; reminiscences of Walter Nichiporuk, a Russian scientist; United States Air Force contract to study the projectile shapes of meteorites.
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- Collection Creator:
- Henderson, Edward P., interviewee
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- Interviews
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
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- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews
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- ebl-1615312838738-1615312838841-0
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