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Collins, Samuel Cornet
Collins, Samuel Cornet
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Collins, Samuel Cornet
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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
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