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Works about or by William E. (William Edgar) Thornton. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By William E. (William Edgar) Thornton
Selection of audiometry and non-gravimetric weight measurement research materials by William Thornton.
Thornton, William E. (William Edgar), 1929- · 1977
Papers from 1977 in which William E. Thornton worked on a portable audiometer and on measuring body mass without relying on gravity. Notes, schematics, graphs, data and letters fill 19 images; names tied to the work include the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory at Brooks Air Force Base and the Willard Storage Battery Company. Thornton was a Chapel Hill trained physician and NASA astronaut.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Selection of earpiece theory research materials by William Thornton.
Thornton, William E. (William Edgar), 1929- · 1965
Physician and engineer William E. Thornton's 1965 work on the theory of ear pieces for oximeters and densitometers: schematics, graphs, working notes, calculations, data and letters in 22 images. American Optical, Beckman Instruments, Ford Instrument Company and the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory at Brooks Air Force Base are among the names tied to it.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Selection of EKG tape recorder research materials by William Thornton.
Thornton, William E. (William Edgar), 1929- · 1963
William E. Thornton's research materials from 1963 on a tape recorder for electrocardiograms: working notes, schematics, graphs, data and calculations, along with a letter to Del Mar Engineering about payment for his work. 49 images. Thornton, a physician trained at UNC Chapel Hill, later flew as a NASA astronaut.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Selection of 'Cardiac Work' research materials by William Thornton.
Thornton, William E. (William Edgar), 1929- · 1960
Research papers of William E. Thornton, the physician and later NASA astronaut, from 1960 to 1961 on measuring the work done by the heart. A report on the heart's work, notes, diagrams, calculations, a materials list and a wiring schematic for a 'heart work computer' make up the 45 images. Thornton trained at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Selection of 'Cardio-Tach' and heart monitor research materials by William Thornton.
Thornton, William E. (William Edgar), 1929- · 1960
Engineering notes by William E. Thornton from 1960 on the Cardio-Tach and other heart monitors: circuit schematics, diagrams, graphs, test data, calculations and letters from electronics suppliers, 32 images. Thornton, a UNC Chapel Hill graduate, went on to fly as a NASA astronaut.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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