Ralph Beebe Blackman Explained
Ralph Beebe Blackman (August 29, 1904 - May 24, 1990) was an American mathematician and engineer who was among the pioneers of the Information Age along with Claude E. Shannon, Hendrik Wade Bode, and John Tukey.
Blackman graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 1926 and started work at Bell Laboratories the same year. His early research were in the fields of hearing, acoustics and mechanical filters. Later he focused on applied mathematics, specifically linear networks and feedback amplifiers. Starting in 1940, Blackman worked on data smoothing for anti-aircraft fire control systems.[1]
In 1963 Blackman was elected an IEEE Fellow.[2]
Books
- Book: Blackman . R. B.. Tukey . J. W. . 1958. The Measurement Of Power Spectra: From The Point Of View Of Communications Engineering. New York. Dover Publications. 190. 978-1258425180.
- Book: Blackman
, R. B.
. 1965. Linear data-smoothing and prediction in theory and practice. Reading, Massachusetts. Addison-Wesley. 182. 978-0201006100.
Patents
- US . 3271565 A . patent . System for determining the orbital parameters of a terrestrial satellite . 6 September 1966 . 16 January 1962 . 16 January 1962 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2950863 A . patent . Apparatus for the solution of plane triangles . 30 August 1960 . 28 October 1943 . 28 October 1943 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2710720 A . patent . Artillery computer . 14 June 1955 . 28 October 1943 . 28 October 1943 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2476269 A . patent . Mechanical differentiator for smoothing target tracking data . 19 July 1949 . 20 August 1945 . 20 August 1945 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2270644 A . patent . Negative impedance circuits . 20 January 1942 . 18 March 1939 . 18 March 1939 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2231404 A . patent . Electromechanical wave filter . 11 February 1941 . 8 March 1939 . 8 March 1939 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2139220 A . patent . Electromechanical wave filter . 6 December 1938 . 25 April 1936 . 25 April 1936 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Emory Lakatos . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2091250 A . patent . Wave filter . 31 August 1937 . 13 August 1935 . 13 August 1935 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
- US . 2086597 A . patent . Wave filter . 13 July 1937 . 20 April 1935 . 20 April 1935 . Ralph B. Blackman . Ralph B. Blackman . Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc. .
Notes and References
- July 1963. Contributors to this issue. Bell System Technical Journal. 42. 4. 1909–1934. 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1963.tb04055.x. free.
- News: . EEE Names Bell Labs, Fort men fellows. Red Bank Register. 8. Red Bank, New Jersey. December 31, 1963. October 2, 2015.
