"Automobile Crash Safety Research," 1953
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The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory did some of the earliest crash testing in the country -- first with airplanes during World War II, then cars. It collected data using electronic instruments and high-speed movie cameras and analyzed the crashes in slow motion. This 1953 report sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company illustrates some of their findings.
The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory did some of the earliest crash testing in the country -- first with airplanes during World War II, then cars. It collected data using electronic instruments and high-speed movie cameras and analyzed the crashes in slow motion. This 1953 report sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company illustrates some of their findings.
Artifact
Report
Date Made
31 December 1953
Subject Date
1953
Creators
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Place of Creation
United States, New York, Buffalo
Creator Notes
Research for crash safety done at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Buffalo, New York; sponsored by the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
93.1.1775.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Spiral bindings
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 9 in
Width: 6 in
Thickness: 0.125 in
Inscriptions
On front cover: CORNELL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY, INC. / Typed on front center: REPORT NO. YB-846-D-1 / AUTOMOBILE CRASH / SAFETY RESEARCH / Sponsored by / LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY / 31 December, 1953 / At bottom of front cover: BUFFALO, NEW YORK
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