Mayer, Cornell H. 1921-2005 creator mixed material monographic eng 450 6 2 2.4 Correspondence, writings, scientific notebooks, topical files, biographical material, printed matter, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers documenting Mayer's career with the Naval Reseach Laboratory (U.S.) during which he improved radio telescope technology and measured the surface temperatures of Venus and other planets. Documents Mayer's participation in expeditions to observe solar eclipses from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and from Sweden. Open to research. Electrical engineer and radio astronomer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013012 Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) Planets Atmospheres Radio astronomy Radio telescopes Scientific expeditions Alaska Aleutian Islands Scientific expeditions Sweden Solar eclipses Venus (Planet) Atomsphere Astronomers Engineers mm2009085500 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013012 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013012.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013012 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013012.3 Open to research. DLC 090922 20260227111731.0 mm2009085500