Jesse W. M. DuMond Papers, 1912-1976

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Jesse W. M. DuMond Papers, 1912-1976

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Jesse William Monroe DuMond, experimental physicist and professor of physics at Caltech, 1938-1963, was known for his work on physical constants and spectroscopic instrumentation. His papers contain principally his scientific correspondence, with some reprints, photos of experimental apparatus, and biographical material, the latter including his unpublished autobiography.

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DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976

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American physicist. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154302843 Biography Jesse William Monroe DuMond, experimental physicist, was born in Paris on July 11, 1892, to expatriate American parents, Fredrick Melville DuMond and Louise Adele Kerr. After the death of his mother before he was two years old, DuMond was cared for by his maternal grandmother, Catherine E. Kerr, a resident of Paris, up t...