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HILL, LESTER. 1891-1961. Fascinating archive of material relating to cryptography and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
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HILL, LESTER. 1891-1961.
Fascinating archive of material relating to cryptography and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
1. Large quarto notebook, 119 p, on "The Einstein Theory of Relativity," dated Nov. 29, 1923. Probably teaching notes, a fascinating and very detailed reflection of the reception of Einstein in American university curricula. 2. Typewritten page from a larger MS on cryptographic methods for the US Navy in 1956, with xeroxes of correspondence concerning the same. 3. ALS to a colleague, 1 p, dated 1945 from Biarritz, where Hill was stationed after the war. 4. TLS in French to a colleague, 1 p, dated 1946 from New York. 5. TLS, 1 p, to Hill from the US Army in Biarritz dated January 1946 thanking him for his work. 6. Typed Manuscript with handwritten corrections on "An Algebraic Treatment of Geometry on a Spherical Surface", from Hill's time at Hunter College. 7) Small notebook entitled "Special Problems for Undergraduates" dated 1922-1927 during Hill's time teaching at Yale, with 14 problems as well as the names, addresses, and grades of his students.
Provenance: The War Museum.
Earning his PhD from Yale in 1926, Dr. Lester Hill taught at various universities as well as providing special assistance to the Office of Naval Communications both before and during WWII. He is perhaps best known for having invented what is now known as "The Hill Cipher" in 1929. Based on linear algebra, it is a polygraphic substitution cipher. Hill built a cipher machine for his system, which he patented in 1932.
1. Large quarto notebook, 119 p, on "The Einstein Theory of Relativity," dated Nov. 29, 1923. Probably teaching notes, a fascinating and very detailed reflection of the reception of Einstein in American university curricula. 2. Typewritten page from a larger MS on cryptographic methods for the US Navy in 1956, with xeroxes of correspondence concerning the same. 3. ALS to a colleague, 1 p, dated 1945 from Biarritz, where Hill was stationed after the war. 4. TLS in French to a colleague, 1 p, dated 1946 from New York. 5. TLS, 1 p, to Hill from the US Army in Biarritz dated January 1946 thanking him for his work. 6. Typed Manuscript with handwritten corrections on "An Algebraic Treatment of Geometry on a Spherical Surface", from Hill's time at Hunter College. 7) Small notebook entitled "Special Problems for Undergraduates" dated 1922-1927 during Hill's time teaching at Yale, with 14 problems as well as the names, addresses, and grades of his students.
Provenance: The War Museum.
Earning his PhD from Yale in 1926, Dr. Lester Hill taught at various universities as well as providing special assistance to the Office of Naval Communications both before and during WWII. He is perhaps best known for having invented what is now known as "The Hill Cipher" in 1929. Based on linear algebra, it is a polygraphic substitution cipher. Hill built a cipher machine for his system, which he patented in 1932.