Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Max Kronenberg Machining Science Papers
Kronenberg, Max, 1894-
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
NMAH.AC.0813
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1.3 Cubic feet
4 boxes
1954-1971
English
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series.
Preferred Citation
Max Kronenberg Papers, 1954-1971, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Biographical / Historical
Max Kronenberg was born in Berlin, Germany in 1894 and was educated there. He served in the German Army in World War I. Returning to Berlin he completed his higher education earning a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Berlin in 1927. He served as a professor there, but later moved to the U.S. where he was employed by the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. in 1936. He specialized in developing techniques for machining of metals and became internationally known in the field, publishing more than 140 papers on those subjects in several languages. In 1941 he became a naturalized U.S. citizen and in 1945-1946 was consultant to the Secretary of War. Later he assisted the U.S. delegation to the U.N. and received numerous honors and awards from technical associations and societies. From 1948 he was self-employed as a consulting research engineer. He died in 1972 in Cincinnati.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Don Darroch and Robert S. Harding, September 2002.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition is unknown.
Custodial History
This collection was transferred to the Archives Center in 2002 from the Division of the History of Technology.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes technical reports containing laboratory notes, charts, graphs, drawings, and diagrams relating to Kroenberg's career as a researcher and analyst in the field of machining of metals from the 1920s to the 1960s. The papers are in English, in Kronenberg's native German as well as in French, Russian and Spanish. They relate to his employment with the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., as well as his later career as independent consultant, including his work on United Nations studies of the machine Industry in developing countries.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Charts
Technical reports
Machining
Technical drawings
Machinery
Machinery industry
Trade literature
Diagrams
Laboratory notes
Articles
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
Various Vibration Problems (Vibr. I)
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Torsional Vibration of Gear Trains (Vibr. II)
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Commercial Research Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturers of Cox Instruments)
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Notes, Calculations and Charts: mechanics of gear drive shafts
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Ultra High Speed Machining (Feasibility Study) Phase I AMC Aeronautical Systems Center USAF, June 1960 (bound volume, 287 pp.)
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Report #15 (Lockheed) on Ulta high speed machining (96 pp. plus graphs)
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United Nations Trip, Moscow, September - October, 1966 (correspondence, notes and papers)
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U.N. Treatise on Acceptance tests for Machine Tools (91 pp. plus APractical Guide)
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Proposal for the Development of Ultra High Speed Machining Devices, June 15, 1959, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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Kronenberg publications, 1920-1941 (bound volume, including material in French, Russian, Spanish, German and English)
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Kronenberg publications since 1960
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Trends in the Design of Metal Working Machinery and in Production Methods, 1966 (In English, French, Spanish & Russian)
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Biography, Awards, List of Publications
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Illustrations for American Edition of Science & Practice of Metal-Cutting
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Lecture Notes - Technical University of Berlin, June 1971
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Handwritten pages for American Edition
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Original illustrations for German text, Vol. I
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Prints of redrawn illustrations for American Edition
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