Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902

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Professor of Physics at Columbia University, 1863-1901, who was the first to apply stereoscopic photography to the microscope and the first to make quantitative experiments on color-contrast, to measure the duration of flashes of lightning, and to make a photometer that is independent of color.

From the description of Papers, 1855-1902. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515000
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creatorOf Emerson family papers, ca. 1840-1976, bulk (1840s-1908). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960 (inclusive), 1834-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1839-1915. Papers of Nathaniel Bright Emerson, 1766-1944 (bulk 1860-1915). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Nathaniel Bright Emerson Papers, 1766-1944 The Huntington Library
creatorOf Michie, Peter Smith, 1839-1901. Papers. United States Military Academy, USMA Library
referencedIn Blake and Rood families papers, 1847-1906, 1847-1891 (bulk). Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Blake family. Blake and Rood families papers, 1847-1906, 1847-1891 (bulk). Cornell University Library
referencedIn Foster, Frederic de Peyster. Notes on lectures upon physics taken in professor Rood's room, [189-?]. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Barus, Carl, 1856-1935. Carl Barus papers, 1869-1935,n.d. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Emerson family papers, ca. 1840-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902. Ogden N. Rood correspondence, 1843-1902. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Henry and Mary Anna Palmer Draper papers, 1859-1914, bulk (1869-1914). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. Family papers, 1834-1960 (bulk: 1834-1939) Yale University Library
creatorOf Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture and Planning records circa 1890-1963. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902. Papers, 1855-1902. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn George Jarvis Brush family papers, 1834-1960, 1834-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910. William Henry Brewer papers, 1830-1927 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906. S.P. Langley papers, 1866-1926. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Henry and Mary Anna Palmer Draper papers, 1859-1914, 1869-1914 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn William Henry Brewer papers, 1830-1927 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Henry Villard papers, 1604-1948 (inclusive), 1863-1900 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902. [Miscellaneous pamphlets]. Yale University Library
creatorOf Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902. Ogden N. Rood letter : to L. M. Rutherford, 1869. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915. William Robert Ware papers and photographs, circa 1834-1920. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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associatedWith Barus, Carl, 1856-1935. person
associatedWith Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902. person
associatedWith Blake family. family
associatedWith Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910. person
associatedWith Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912. person
associatedWith Columbia University corporateBody
associatedWith Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. corporateBody
associatedWith Cornell University corporateBody
associatedWith Draper, Henry, 1837-1882. person
associatedWith Emerson family family
associatedWith Emerson family. family
correspondedWith Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1766-1944 person
associatedWith Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1839-1915. person
associatedWith Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941. person
associatedWith Foster, Frederic de Peyster. person
associatedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. person
associatedWith Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906. person
associatedWith Michie, Peter Smith, 1839-1901. person
associatedWith Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. person
associatedWith Prunner, Anna. person
associatedWith Rood family. family
associatedWith Rood, Helen. person
associatedWith Rood, Mathilde Prunner. person
associatedWith Rood, Matilda. person
associatedWith Rood, Roland, 1863-1927. person
associatedWith Rutherford, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892. person
associatedWith Scott, Robert. person
correspondedWith Villard, Henry, 1835-1900 person
associatedWith Ware, William R. (William Robert), 1832-1915. person
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New York (State)--New York
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Germany--Munich
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New York (State)--Troy
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Color photography
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Lightning
Photography, Stereoscopic
Photometry
Photomicrography
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Death 1902

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