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Albert Francis Zahm (1862–1954) was an early aeronautical experimenter, a professor of physics, and a chief of the Aeronautical Division of the U.S. Library of Congress. He testified as an aeronautical expert in the 1910–14 lawsuits between the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss. == Time line of early life and work in aeronautics == * Received A.B., University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 1883, A.M., 1885, M.S. 1890; M.E. Cornell University, 1892; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1898.〔http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/college/about/awards/mendelmedal/past.htm?page=zahm.htm, which cites ''Who Was Who in America'', Volume III, 1951-1960. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1960, p. 948.〕 * Professor of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame 1885-1889, mathematics and mechanics, 1890-1892.〔 * He attended the early International Conferences on Aerial Navigation in 1893 and 1900.〔 * He was a professor of mechanics (physics) at the Catholic University of America, from 1895 apparently until 1913-1914 (but one source says only till 1908).〔〔Crouch, Tom. ''Wings''.〕 * In 1901, as part of a pioneering aeronautical laboratory, Zahm built a wind tunnel with financing from Hugo Mattullah. It operated until 1908.〔("Who invented the wind tunnel?" at centennialofflight.net )〕 It has been described as "America's first significant wind tunnel."〔Short, Simine. 2011. ''Locomotive to Aeromotive''. Univ of Illinois Press. p.189.〕 * He joined the Aero Club of America shortly after it was founded, in 1905.〔(Aero Club of America, 1916, page 49, at google books )〕 * Zahm's 1911 book ''Aerial Navigation'' described the historical development of experimental aircraft that led to functional airplanes.〔Zahm, Albert F. 1911. (''Aerial Navigation''. Online at google books. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Francis Zahm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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