Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875

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Wheatstone, Charles (British scientist, inventor, 1802-1875)

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1802-02-06

1802-02-06

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Physicist. Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865311

At 21 he began business in London as a musical instrument maker and carried out experiments on sound and optics. Professor of experimental physics at King's Colege, London 1834. F. R. S., 1836. He made many inventions and suggested the stereoscope and spectrum analysis. He collaborated with Sir William Fothergill Cooke in producing and improving electric telegraph instruments. He made important improvements in submarine telegraphy, dynamos and recording instruments. He was knighted in 1868.

From the description of Papers, 1825-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79980157

English cleric William Buckland worked as a geologist and vertebrate paleontologist. The first Reader of Geology, University of Oxford (from 1819), Buckland is most noted as the scientific discoverer of dinosaurs.

From the guide to the William Buckland papers, 1817-1848, 1817-1848, (American Philosophical Society)

Professor of Physics, 1834-1875, King's College, London, and Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Papers, 1832-1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78178359

British physicist known for his discovery of the stereoscopic effect in binocular vision.

From the description of Letter : London, to Hippolyte Fizeau, Paris, 1841 Aug. 11. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84293212

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Analine (Dyes)

Arbitration and award

Beyond Early America

Daguerreotype

Electricity

Electromagnetism

Fossils

Glaciers

Magnetism

Mineralogy

Photography

Photography, Stereoscopic

Photography, Stereoscopic

Physiological optics

Scientific apparatus and instruments

Seismology

Seismology

Sound

Stereoscope

Telegraph

Vision

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Physicists

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