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[Klein, George J. - Interview)

Item number (ISN):

446151

Series title:

National Research Council Oral History Project

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-09-11

Item number (ISN):

446151

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA / CONSEIL NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES DU CANADA

Accession:

1981-0007

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1980-09-11

Production company:

National Research Council

Production credit:

interviewer, Don Phillipson

Description:

Interview of George J. Klein by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: Middleton's book; use of NRC rubber lab in Chemistry Division when working on Weasel; Stedman of RCAF - the father of NRC MED; MED Design Section; Field's Assistant S.J. Murphy helped design ZEEP and the rapid shut-down system; Weasel tracked snow vehicle; Hedgehog Platform; RCN noise-maker for acoustic torpedoes; proximity fuse project; J.H. Parkin volunteered NRC services to the U.K.; MED work on British-designed parachute-delivered radio beacon; STEM antenna; automatic hull-shaping machine; and wartime secrecy. <2h 46mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Subject description taken from partial transcript in binder, National Research Council Oral History Project, H-L.~2. C-2786 and C-2787.~3. This is the third Klein interview.~4. “Often cited as the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century George J. Klein worked at NRC for over forty years. An inductee of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Dr. Klein was known as a kind, generous, and modest man, as well as an exceptionally productive and creative inventor. Dr. Klein's numerous inventions included: the electric wheelchair for quadriplegics; the microsurgical staple gun; a wide range of industrial gearing systems; and internationally important innovations in aviation and space technologies. His early research, for example, made it practical to use skis on aircraft, and his later inventions included the STEM antenna, which became a renowned Canadian contribution to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Space programs. Dr. Klein also headed the engineering team that designed ZEEP, Canada's first nuclear reactor, in the 1940s. At 72, he was asked to act as chief consultant on gear design for the CANADARM project. (www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)

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Vault ISN:

701939

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02786

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

701940

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02787

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD645

Restrictions on consultation:

open

Donor restrictions:

Reproduction with written permission of NRC.

Copyright status:

under copyright

Reproduction access:

With written permission of copyright owner : No donor restrictions.Copyright belongs to the Crown. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

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