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WALKER BLEAKNEY
WALKER BLEAKNEY
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him respect as a humanist as well as a scientist. These qualities also macle him a successful acIministrator in the Princeton University physics department cluring a perioc!
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by his subsequent graduate students who might not be slates! for outstanding careers in theoretical physics.
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in 1930, he went to Princeton University as a National Research Fellow en c! two years later became an instructor of physics, thus beginning thirty-seven years of service to the department en c!
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dynamics, notably in studying the physics of shock waves. In the prewar period Bleakney made significant contributions to the field!
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As a result, more than thirty papers were published in journals and sixteen papers were presented at meetings during this period, describing studies of the isotopes of elements ranging from hydrogen to platinum and ionization products of organic molecules. Much of his research during this period concerned hydrogen, and he later remarked that he felt one of his most important contributions was the confirmation of the existence of deuterium, the determination of its abundance, and other chemical properties.
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As one of the first two graduate students recruited, I was able to witness firsthand! his ability to "make clo" with the meager facilities available.
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a small number of graduate students. Uncler his direction, blast measurements were macle en c!
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Taub developed an equation that utilized the Rankine-Hugoniot relations describing the velocity and pressures involved in the shock wave that resulted from the bursting diaphragm. Taub suggested to me that his equation be checked quantitatively with the calibrated pressure gauges.
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As his own administrative responsibilities increased, members of the group left Princeton to engage in relater! activities elsewhere.
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One of his many lasting contributions to the Princeton University physics department was his gift of a large, tastefully clesignec! wastebasket (the "W.
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Walker Bleakney and the development of the shock tube at Princeton. Shock Wave 5~1996~:327-39.
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34:157-60. 1930 Probability and critical potentials for the formation of multiply charged ions in Hg vapor by electron impact.
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A large mass spectrometer employing crossed electric and magnetic fields.
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