Igor Sikorsky, right, famed aircraft builder, gets a big look at the sky through liquid lens specially developed for weather research by Dr. Vincent Schaefer, General Electric Company's snowmaking scientist. Liquid lens permits 120 degree glimpse of sky. Sikorsky visited GE research Laboratory in connection with Engineering Week observance here and predicted helicopter flights between Schenectady and midtown Manhattan in the near future.

General Electric Company1953-02-25

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Title: Igor Sikorsky, right, famed aircraft builder, gets a big look at the sky through liquid lens specially developed for weather research by Dr. Vincent Schaefer, General Electric Company's snowmaking scientist. Liquid lens permits 120 degree glimpse of sky. Sikorsky visited GE research Laboratory in connection with Engineering Week observance here and predicted helicopter flights between Schenectady and midtown Manhattan in the near future.
Creator: General Electric Company
Date Created: 1953-02-25
Location: Schenectady - Schenectady County - New York
Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
Original Language: English
Subject Keywords: Scientists; Inventors; Scientific equipment; Optical devices; General Electric Company. Research Laboratory; Schaefer, Vincent J.; Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972
Type: Photograph
Publisher: General Electric Company
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