Letter and annotated reprints relating to the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements, 1890.

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Letter and annotated reprints relating to the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements, 1890.

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Reprint of an article by Albert A. Michelson, on the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements, to which a letter is attached by F.L.O. Wadsworth describing his work on the experiments and indicating by brackets in the text of the reprint which work is his.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Wadsworth, Frank Lawton Olcott, 1867-1936.

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Physicist and astronomer. Professor, University of Chicago, 1894-1898; director of Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh, 1900-1904. From the description of Letter and annotated reprints relating to the application of interference methods to astronomical measurements, 1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79756901 ...

Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931

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Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science. He was also the founder and the first head of the physics department of the University of Chicago....