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  <dc:title>Papers of Alexander Oliver Rankine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Lecture notes, correspondence, photos, and reports relating to sound transmission by light and work on FIDO [Fog Investigation and Disperal Operation] systems for airfield fog clearance. Lectures from 1921 were given as a loan from Alexander Eugen Conrady. These notes include one lecture by Alfred W Porter. Letters are from William Henry Bragg and T Carlton-Sutton relating to their work with Alexander Oliver Rankine on the photophone in 1916. Includes experiment material in the form of brass grids for sound transmission by light.   </dc:description>
  <dc:date>1916-1945</dc:date>
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