Franklin E. Roach papers, 1955-1972.

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Franklin E. Roach papers, 1955-1972.

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Correspondence, research notes, technical reports, observations, photographs, assorted clippings, as well as publications document the work of Franklin E. Roach. The collected works of Roach's contemporaries which document observations and research on such topics as: the photometry of the aurora, the earth's orbit, brightness of moonlight, and airglow photometers, comprise the bulk of the papers.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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