Accession No. RARE.2024.0070: Purchased, 2019 October
[identification of item], “Wind Stresses in Tall Building Frames” by Howser Cutler Hunt, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0393, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Howser Cutler Hunt received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree, and in 1929, a Master of Science degree both from the Ohio State University. He later became Assistant Manager of the Real Estate Department at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, where he worked until his retirement in 1970. He was born in Richwood, Ohio in 1905 and died in Akron, Ohio in 1977.
“Wind Stresses in Tall Building Frames” by Howser Cutler Hunt, dated 1929, is the thesis Howser Cutler Hunt wrote for his Master of Science degree from the Ohio State University. Hunt’s thesis project measured wind stresses or wind load on the American Insurance Union Citadel building in Columbus, Ohio, which is known as LeVeque Tower as of 2024. The project received financial support from the American Institute of Steel Construction. Hunt used several devices to take measurements, including one device that he created for the project that automatically recorded wind pressure readings on photostatic paper. In addition to the text explaining the project and its results, the bound thesis includes photographs of the building and devices, blueprint drawings illustrating the features of the building and devices, and charts and graphs documenting the data that was collected.