Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2014 2014-03-01 20140301 people indoor monochrome Subject: Weill, R. Adrienne 1903-        Nielsen, John Phillip 1911-        New York University College of Engineering        University of Cambridge Type: Black-and-white photographs Topic: Engineering      Women scientists      Physics Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0940] Summary: left to right: French physicist and engineer R. Adrienne Weill (b. 1903) and John Phillip Nielsen (b. 1911). Nielsen, head of the metallurgical laboratory at New York University's College of Engineering, is shown demonstrating a dilatometer to the visiting scientist. Weill, a student of Marie Curie's, had been evacuated to England during World War II. While working at Cambridge University, the physicist had become a friend and mentor to Rosalind Franklin and then later helped Franklin secure a position at a prestigious French laboratory to further her skills in x-ray crystallography Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Subject: Weill, R. Adrienne 1903- Nielsen, John Phillip 1911- New York University College of Engineering University of Cambridge Type: Black-and-white photographs Topic: Engineering Women scientists Physics Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0940] Summary: left to right: French physicist and engineer R. Adrienne Weill (b. 1903) and John Phillip Nielsen (b. 1911). Nielsen, head of the metallurgical laboratory at New York University's College of Engineering, is shown demonstrating a dilatometer to the visiting scientist. Weill, a student of Marie Curie's, had been evacuated to England during World War II. While working at Cambridge University, the physicist had become a friend and mentor to Rosalind Franklin and then later helped Franklin secure a position at a prestigious French laboratory to further her skills in x-ray crystallography Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |