Lünen, Alexander von
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Under the waves, above the clouds: A history of the pressure suit.
TU Darmstadt
[Ph.D. Thesis], (2010)
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| Item Type: | Ph.D. Thesis | ||||
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| Title: | Under the waves, above the clouds: A history of the pressure suit | ||||
| Language: | English | ||||
| Abstract: | This publication describes the development of so-called “pressure suits” in the 1930s in Europe from a scientific, technical, cultural and political perspective. It is detailed that those suits first and foremost were devised to achieve altitude records in aviation and not for their military value, although the majority of the suits that were developed had the air forces involved. This work outlines the manifold entanglements between private sector, military and science, which was a prerequisite not only for the development of pressure suits, but also for pressure cabins, breathing equipment and other protective garment. The close relation between diving medicine and aviation medical research is exposed in this context. Please note: It is stated on page 274 of the PDF-document that the images from the Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive) are generally licensed under the Creative Commons License scheme. This is inaccurate; all images in this publication obtained from the Bundesarchiv can be used by permission of the Bundesarchiv only (cf. http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/voraussetzungen/bild/index.html.en) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | history of technology, history of aviation, aviator equipment, pressure suits, interwar years, europe | ||||
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| Classification DDC: | 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 900 Geschichte | ||||
| Divisions: | Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Geschichte | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2010 05:40 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2012 11:57 | ||||
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-21038 | ||||
| Additional Information: | Hinweis: Anders als auf Seite 274 des PDF-Dokuments verzeichnet sind die Bilder des Bundesarchivs nicht automatisch unter der Creative Commons Lizenz verfügbar. Die Verwendung der Bilder muss vom Bundesarchiv genehmigt werden (vgl. http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/voraussetzungen/bild/index.html.de). |
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| License: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 | ||||
| Additional Information: | Hinweis: Anders als auf Seite 274 des PDF-Dokuments verzeichnet sind die Bilder des Bundesarchivs nicht automatisch unter der Creative Commons Lizenz verfügbar. Die Verwendung der Bilder muss vom Bundesarchiv genehmigt werden (vgl. http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/voraussetzungen/bild/index.html.de). |
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| Referees: | Mikael, Prof. Dr. Hård and Alfred, Prof. Dr. Nordmann and Michael, Prof. Dr. Hagner | ||||
| Refereed: | 24 April 2008 | ||||
| URI: | http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/2103 | ||||
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