Consisting of various books and pmphlets including: H. Schardin, Les Methodes de Deviation et Leurs Applications, text in French bound with large amount of photographs of high speed photography H. Schardin, The development of high speed photography in Europe, text with original photographs pasted in, Numbered 37 with stamps for Laboratoire de Recherches Techniques de Saint Louis, with a receipt dated 1953 Hubert Hermann Reinhold Schardin (17 June 1902 - 27 September 1965) was a distinguished German figure in ballistics, engineering, and academia, renowned for his contributions to high-speed photography and cinematography. He served as the director of the German-French Research Institute (ISL) in Saint-Louis, France, and was the founder and director of the Fraunhofer Society Institute for High-Speed Dynamics - Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) - in Freiburg im Breisgau. Schardin's significant scientific endeavors primarily revolved around high-speed physics, expanding upon the works of Ernst Mach and Fritz Ahlborn. His extensive research led to the publication of over 1,000 works. Notably, he played a pivotal role in advancing electro- and high-speed exposures, electro-optical photography, and high-speed cinematography, utilizing illumination techniques such as electric spark and flash x-rays. Pioneering high-speed measurement techniques initially tailored for ballistics applications, Schardin elevated them to a broader scientific instrumentation level, opening up new application domains. One of his seminal contributions was the collaborative development, alongside his PhD advisor Carl Cranz, of the groundbreaking Cranz-Schardin camera in 1929. This high-speed camera revolutionized scientific research for nearly a century until modern advancements in high-speed electronic digital cameras surpassed its capabilities. Sinclair, Douglas C., A Photographic Study of a Spark Discharge, dissertation submitted in 1960 to MIT, with photographs of sparks signed by Sinclair. Offprint bound in orange paper titled 'Sonderabdruck aus dem Jahrbuch der Schiffbautechnischen Gesellschaft 1911, ', german text. Fayolle P.& Naslin P., Simple Electronic Devices for high speed photography & Cinematography, first international symposium on high speed motion picture photography Washington 1952, orange wrapper with large amount of pasted photographs, and a second with fold out engineering and circuit diagrams. Escales Dr. Richard, Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift Fur Das Gesamte Schiess und Sprengstoffwesen, German text, orange wrapper, photographs of high-speed ballistics. Payman W. & Woodhead D. W. Photographic Methods for measuring velocities of explosion waves and shock waves, 1932, reprint from Fuel in Science & Practice, Scheel Karl, Verhandlungen, Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft I'm Jahre 1912, German text with photographs Curtis H. L. Wadleigh W. H. & Sellman A. H., A camera for studying projectiles in flight , 1924, paper wrappers with photographs Cranz Dr. Uber eine Photographische Methode zur messing von Geschwindigkeiten und geschwindigkeitsverlusten bei infanteriegeschossen, 1910, with fold out photographs and a few other later publications