Cope, Thomas D. (Thomas Darlington)

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Dates:
Birth 1880
Death 1964-12-13

Biographical notes:

Physicist Thomas D. Cope, also a historian of science, collected the Transit of Venus material.

From the guide to the Material on the transit of Venus in 1760, [1760-1761], 1760-1761, (American Philosophical Society)

Thomas Darlington Cope was a physicist and a historian of science.

From the guide to the Thomas Darlington Cope papers, 1945-1957, 1945-1957, (American Philosophical Society)

Physicist and historian of science Thomas Darlington Cope received his A.B. (1903) and Ph.D. (1915) from the University of Pennsylvania; he became an instructor and later professor there from 1906-1952. He also studied at the University of Berlin (1912-1913) under Max Planck.

From the guide to the Thomas Darlington Cope papers, ca. 1909-1964, Circa 1909-1964, (American Philosophical Society)

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Subjects:

  • Astronomy
  • Electric circuits
  • Electric currents
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Radiometers
  • Relativity (Physics)
  • Science
  • Stargazers' Stone
  • Transits
  • Venus (Planet) - Transit - 1760

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Places:

  • Mason-Dixon Line (as recorded)
  • Chester County (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • Mason-Dixon Line. (as recorded)
  • Mason-Dixon Line. (as recorded)