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[JUBILEE OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY] ARCHIVES of Dimitri RIABOUCHINSKY A collection of correspondence concerning the organization and celebration of Dimitri Riabouchinsky’s scientific jubilee and the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Kuchino Institute of Aerodynamics, celebrated on May 8, 1954, at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Includes: • A voluminous collection of correspondence concerning the creation of a commemorative volume containing a selection of articles and presentations on aerodynamics, published on the occasion of the anniversary of D. P. Riabouchinsky’s scientific career. Typewritten letters, copies of typewritten letters, and autograph letters from various members of the jubilee organizing committee and scientists from Europe and the United States. 1953–1955. Total: 75 pp. (typescripts), 22 pp. (handwritten letters), 6 pp. (copies of letters from D.P. Riabouchinsky), envelopes. Correspondents include: Garette Birkoff; F.H. Todd; J.K. Lunde; R.P. Harrington; Ratip Berker; Hilola Geiringe; C. Walén; I. Marx; G. Hughes; G. Bergers; L. Dryden; N.J. Hoff; Basil Hwochinsky; Adolf Busemann; Einar Hogner; C. Truesdell; F.W. Brown; A.T. Ippen; Hugh Dryden; Constantin Woronetz; Hans Reissner; Henri Corlière; A. Oudart; J. Kampé de Fériet. A major project aimed at creating a commemorative volume, consisting of various articles inspired by the work of D.P. Riabouchinsky, was launched by the chair of the organizing committee, Henri Valtat. Correspondence exchanged with colleagues from across Europe and America, who are willing to participate in the project and contribute their texts, once again confirms Dimitri Riabouchinsky’s importance to the global scientific community. • Article by Professor E.V. Laitone (Berkeley, California) titled “Developments in Gas Dynamics by the Hydraulic Analogy.” Copy of the typewritten text, with handwritten notes (calculation formulas). In English, 10 pp., 28 x 21 cm; article by Professors Garrett Birkhoff and John M. Walsh, “Conical, Axially Symmetric Flows.” Copy of the typescript, with handwritten notes (calculation formulas). In English, 10 pp., 28 x 21 cm; 3 pp. of text from an article in English; list of guests at the dinner at the Aéro-Club de France on the occasion of D. Riabouchinsky’s jubilee, 1 p., typescript; list of messages from academies, universities, and societies, in English, 2 pp., 28 x 21 cm; BOUGLAGAND, G. – Autograph. On a class of first-order partial differential equations. Ed. Cremonese, Rome, 1954. Booklet containing the text of the article. 3 pp., publisher’s binding, in-8. Dedicated by the author to D. Riabouchinsky and accompanied by an autograph copy of a letter from D. Riabouchinsky. • Two group photographs taken during the events at the Sorbonne on May 8, 1954. 175 x 235 mm and 180 x 215 mm. [ANNIVERSARY OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY] ARCHIVE OF DMITRY RYABUSHINSKY A collection of documents and correspondence regarding the organization and celebration of Dmitry Ryabushinsky’s anniversary of scientific work and the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Aerodynamics Institute in Kuchino, held at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1954. Includes: • An extensive collection of correspondence regarding the creation of a commemorative book comprising a selection of articles and presentations on aerodynamics, published to mark the anniversary of D.P. Ryabushinsky’s scientific career. Typewritten letters, copies of typewritten letters, and handwritten letters from various members of the organizing committee and scholars from Europe and the United States. 1953–1955. Total: 74 pages (typescripts), 22 pages (autographs), 6 pages (copies of letters from D.P. Ryabushinsky), envelopes. Among the names: Garrett Birkhoff; F.H. Todd; J.K. Lunde; R.P. Harrington; Ratip Berker; Hilola Gehring; K. Valen; I. Marx; G. Hughes; G. Bergers; L. Dryden; N. J. Hoff; Basil Hochinski; Adolf Busemann; Einar Högner; K. Trusdell; F. W. Brown; A. T. Ippen; Hugh Dryden; Konstantin Voronets; Hans Reissner; Henri Corlier; A. Udar, J. Campe de Fère. A major project to create a commemorative book compiled from various articles,