Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Science
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Dr.Levinson is seeking to ascertain how early American aircraft                 manufacturers dealt with the matter of the selection and,                       possibly, design of airfoil profiles (wing cross-sections) for                  their machines.  The major work to be done is the examination of                remaining archival materials of early firms such as Boeing,                     Martin, and Curtiss-Wright.  Dr. Levinson will start with a study               of Boeing Airplane Company materials in the area of Seattle,                    Washington close to the host institution, the University of                     Washington.  Other material of interst is held in the "Old Wright               Brothers Windtunnel" archive at the Massachusetts Institute of                  Technology.                                                                                                                                                     The significance of this work is twofold.  First, it will provide               a major piece in the structure of an ongoing project, a                         comparative study of early American and German airfoil work.                    Second, the project also will provide understanding of how an                   emerging American industry dealt with a fundamental question                    important to the design of its products.  The study will provide                one more window on the matter of how American industry and                      engineers came to accept, or fight, the ever increasing                         importance of science and theory to the development of technology               in the twentieth century.
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