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[Klein, George - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

444513

Series title:

National Research Council Oral History Project

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1976-01-24 ?

Item number (ISN):

444513

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:

1976-0023

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1976-01-24 ?

Production company:

National Research Council

Production credit:

interviewer, Don Phillipson

Description:

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Interview of Dr. George Klein by Don Phillipson. Subjects discussed include: early days of NRC where it was organized as a single unit, instead of grouping in 3 to 4 divisions; J.H. Parkin asked Klein to accompany him to NRC; Parkin was recruited for NRC since RCAF collaborated in wind tunnel; 1929 plans to build a new aerodynamic research facility; Edwards ill buildings in poor repair in 1929 and all property had to be measured and surveyed; hydro-electric power station for wind tunnel; establishment of Sussex Street NRC labs; RCAF through Stedman initiated aeronautics in NRC; Dr. R.W. Boyle was most important man in all NRC history; Sussex/Stanley Street cottage housed library and physics and engineering staff; productivity of NRC in early years much exceeded that of today, owing to freedom, resourcefulness despite small staff; red tape at NRC and adoption of government norms; wartime staff grew quickly; Montreal Road expansion planned initially for Mechanical Engineering Division; NRC Science Association - its merit was inter-disciplinary; 1936 CRBC broadcasts; NRC staff supplied UK with felt for artificial legs; CRNL was part of Physics Division in 1947; and ZEEP drawing omits air-drying system and control panel. <2h 12mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Subject description taken from partial transcript in binder, National Research Council Oral History Project, Index H-L.~2. PAC tape 639 a and b.~3. C Tape binder indicates the date of the interview as: 1976-01-24 and 1976-01-26, while as the transcripts indicate 26 January 1976;~4. C Tape binder indicates that the interview ends abruptly.~5. “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 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. (www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)

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Vault ISN:

674936

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00639

Vault code:

GAT

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 permission of National Research Council

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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