Alphonse I. Lipetz papers, 1930-1937 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

By Mary A. Sego

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Collection Overview

Title: Alphonse I. Lipetz papers, 1930-1937

Primary Creator: Lipetz, Alphonse I. (1881)

Extent: 2.0 Folders. More info below.

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Locomotives, Locomotives--History, Purdue University--Faculty

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of two folders, which contain publications by Alphonse Lipetz.

Biographical Note

As noted in the April 13, 1927 Board of Trustees minutes, A. I. Lipetz of the American Locomotive Company engaged as non-resident Professor of Locomotive Engineering, to give a series of lectures during the month of November, 1927, $500 to be paid him as an honorarium for this series of lectures.

Subject/Index Terms

Locomotives
Locomotives--History
Purdue University--Faculty

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Alternate Extent Statement: 2 folders

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation: MSF 226, Alphonse I. Lipetz papers, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Publications, 1930-1937],
[Folder 2: Publications, 1922-1937],
[All]

Folder 1: Publications, 1930-1937

Locomotives of new types; in particular turbine locomotives and internal combustion motor locomotives, Report No. 4 by A. Lipetz, International Railway Congress Association, XIth Session, Madrid, 1930, pp. 863-950.

Coming Motive Power And Locomotive Research, read by Mr. A. I. Lipetz, Consulting Engineer, American Locomotive Company, Schnectady, New York, at the Regular Meeting of the Canadian Railway Club in the Windsor Hotel, Monday, April 9, 1934 (2 copies)

Air Resistance of Railroad Equipment, Lipetz, A. I. Reprinted from Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, v. 59, no. 7, Oct. 1937, pp. 617-640. Most of the article is missing, first two pages are available, but they are torn.

Folder 2: Publications, 1922-1937

Russian "Decapod" Locomotives, Lipetz, A. Excerpts from "The Railway Engineer," London, 1922-1924

Recent Developments in European Railroad Motive Power, Lipetz, A. I. Reprinted from The Engineering Journal, February, 1937, 3-15.

Wind-Tunnel Tests of the American Locomotive, American Car & Foundry, And The J. G. Brill Companies, Lipetz, A. Reprinted from Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, RR-59-4, 619-639, undated.