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Collins, Samuel Cornet
Faculty Mechanical Engineering 1930-1964; Professor Emeritus 1964-1983; "father of practical helium liquefiers" and the founder of the MIT Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory, Collins Helium Cryostat
MIT Museum Biographical file contents:biographical information; correspondence; images; 85-46 Collins, Samuel C. Laboratory notebooks 1946-1951; 92-47 Collins, Samuel C. Papers 1938-1983; news clippings; news releases; objects; other; publications