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Inventor Hal Walker
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Innovative Lives: Hal Walker, The Coherent Light of Persistence

Hal Walker's life is a lesson in hard work and conviction. "In my experience," he asserts, "an awareness of how things work helps an individual to master events around him."

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Twentieth Century Small Arms Development Videohistory Collection 1988-1990

Inventor Name Stoner, Eugene M. and Kalashnikov, Mikhail T.

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Elmer A. Sperry Photograph Collection

Inventor Name Sperry, Elmer

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Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn Correspondence on War Situations, Devices and Inventions, 1941

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Archives of Ontario77 Grenville Street, Unit 300Toronto, ONM5S 1B3Canada416-327-16001-800-668-9933 (Toll-free number-Ontario only) Physical Description 1 file of textual records

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John Krider Business Records, 1817-1939 (bulk 1837-1900)

Inventor Name Krider, John

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Segre Scherbatskoy papers,

Inventor Name Scherbatskoy, Segre Repository National Museum of American HistorySmithsonian InstitutionArchives CenterP.O. Box 37012MRC 601/Room 1100Washington, DC 20013-7012202-633-3270www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives

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Sir Charles Ross fonds, 1862-1972

Inventor Name Ross, Charles

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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Collection, 1840-1961

Inventor Name Maxim, Hiram Stevens Repository Maine Historical Society489 Congress StreetPortland, ME 04101207-774-1822http://www.mainehistory.org/

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William Livermore Papers, 1814 - 1919

Inventor Name Livermore, William Roscoe Repository Special CollectionsUniversity of Delaware LibraryNewark, Delaware 19717-5267(302) 831-2229http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/

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Harry Egerton Wimperis fonds, 1907-1941, 1971

Inventor Name Wimperis, Harry Egerton

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Henry Shrapnel and family collection

Inventor Name Shrapnel, Henry Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Patent Matters [1941-1945]

Inventor Name Various Repository National Archives at College Park8601 Adelphi RoadCollege Park, MD 20740-6001http://www.archives.gov/research/ Physical Description Folder no. 6

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Patents, 1792-1901

Inventor Name Goulding, George Repository Jefferson County Historical Society228 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601315-782-3491

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Heinrich Himmler Papers, 1914-1944

Inventor Name Unknown Repository Hoover Institution ArchivesStanford UniversityStanford, California 94305-6010650-723-3563http://www.hoover.org/hila/

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The Register of Leo Szilard Papers, 1898 - 1998

Inventor Name Szilard, Leo Repository Mandeville Special Collections LibraryUCSD Libraries 0175S9500 Gilman DriveLa Jolla, CA 92093-017858-534-2533http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/

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Reminiscences of Alfred Wilkinson Johnson: oral history, 1962

Inventor Name Unknown

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George May Powell Papers, 1860-1915

Inventor Name Powell, George May

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War Council general correspondence, 1940-1945

Inventor Name Unknown Repository New York State LibraryCultural Education CenterEmpire State PlazaAlbany, NY 12230518-74-6282http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/using.htm

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Nathaniel Marsh Edwards Papers, 1862-1907

Inventor Name Edwards, Nathaniel Marsh

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Papers of Admiral Frank F. Fletcher 1873-1928

Inventor Name Fletcher, Frank F.

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