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- 1951-1984 (Creation)
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1.36 m of textual and graphic records
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Dr. Glass' teaching career began in the autumn of 1950 when he was appointed a research associate in the then Institute of Aerophysics. His earliest surviving lectures are on boundary layer theory, but he became best known for his fourth year course in gasdynamics (ASE 1048, AER 410S), and his graduate courses: non-stationary gasdynamics and wave interactions (1009); shock waves in continuous media, a reading course (1014); gas flows at high temperature (1302, 1402); hypersonic gasdynamics (2003); and his gasdynamics seminar (2045X). While his career was spent at Institute, he also taught elsewhere, especially during sabbatical leave, and was in much demand as a visiting lecturer.
This series consists largely of lecture notes, mostly by Dr. Glass but including some by other specialists in areas such as boundary layer and wing theory. Included are assignments, problem sets, examination questions, course evaluations by students, and a single file on the Institute's Gasdynamics Group (1975-1984).
This series begins with the surviving lecture files from the year (1957-1958) Dr. Glass taught at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London while on sabbatical. Next are his teacher and course evaluations at the University of Toronto (1969-1980); general examination files (1955-1967); and lecture notes, problems sets and examinations, grouped by course and arranged, as far as possible, chronologically within each course. The principal courses are: advanced mechanics, aerodynamic measurements, boundary layer theory, dynamics of space flight, wing theory, gasdynamics, and shock waves. The files begin in 1950 and end in 1984, the year of Dr. Glass' retirement.
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1956-1980: B1994-0033/010(18)-(26)
1950-1967: B1994-0033/011(01)-(11)
1951-1984: B1994-0033/012(01)-(09)
1956-1968: B1994-0033/013(01)-(06)
1963-1980: B1994-0033/014(01)-(11)
1973-1984: B1994-0033/015(01)-(08)
1958-1980: B1994-0033/016(01)-(23)
1953-1966: B1994-0033/017(01)-(13)
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Photoprints have been removed from B1994-0033/010(26) to box B1994-0033/001P(02.)