Department of Physics papers 1886-1972

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Department of Physics papers 1886-1972

Collection contains the papers of the Department of Physics at the University of Minnesota.

4 boxes; (5.2 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619122

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Frier, Phyllis St. Cyr

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Erikson, Henry A. (Henry Anton), 1869-

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Erikson died in 1957. From the description of A history of the Department of Physics at the University of Minnesota, 1870-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78113868 Henry A. Erikson, B.E.E. (1896), Ph.D. (1908) University of Minnesota. Professor and chair of the department of physics at the University of Minnesota (1915-1938). Known for his research on the ionization of gases. Henry Anton Erikson was born on July 30, 1869 in Mount Morris, Wisconsin. He attended the Univer...

University of Minnesota. School of Physics and Astronomy.

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Ney, Edward Purdy, 1920-....

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Edward Purdy Ney was born in Minneapolis in 1920. He earned his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. During his graduate studies he worked with the Naval Research Laboratory in analysis of uranium isotopes for the Manhattan Project. After earning his Ph. D. at the University of Virginia, he joined their faculty before returning to the University of Minnesota as an assistant professor. Ney's research included work on cosmic rays, astronomy, and solar physics, and...

University of Minnesota. Dept. of Physics.

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The department of physics began at the University of Minnesota in 1889 when Frederick S. Jones was hired as professor of physics. In 1902, the first physical laboratory, now Jones Hall, was completed. The current physics laboratory building was built in 1928 and renamed the Tate Laboratory of Physics in 1963. In 1956, the department of physics in the College of Science, Literature and the Arts was raised to the status of a school and transferred to the Institute of Technology. In 19...

Williams, John H. (John Harry), 1908-

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John H. Williams, a resident of Tacoma, Wash., was an author and publisher of books dealing with the West. From the description of John H. Williams letters : to Nettie Williams, 1907-1918. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62313942 ...

Zeleny, Anthony, 1870-1947

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Anthony Zeleny was a physicist and teacher at the University of Minnesota. From the description of Anthony Zeleny papers, 1902-1939. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63313990 Anthony Zeleny was born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1870. He received his B.S. (1892), M.S. (1893) and Ph.D. (1907) from the University of Minnesota. From 1893-1895 he taught high school physics in Jamestown, North Dakota and Minneapolis. In 1895, he joined the facult...

Tate, John T. (John Torrence), 1889-1950

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Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994

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Physicist. Died 1994. From the description of An account of the first sample of separated Uranium 235 at the University of Minnesota in 1940, 1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82028106 Alfred Otto Carl Nier, world-renowned physicist and scientific instrument designer, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 28, 1911. He spent most of his career at the University of Minnesota, both as a student and as a member of the faculty. His post-doctoral work was done at Harvard Univ...

University of Minnesota. School of Physics

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