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Papers, 1897-1970.

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Correspondence; reprints; reports; clippings. The correspondence (bulk dates, 1910-1945) relates to professional and technical topics, teaching and research positions, the National Research Council "Descriptive Glossary of Physics," Fulcher's role as managing editor of the PHYSICAL REVIEW (1923-1925), and the 1936 and 1940 Chicago "Century of Progress" expositions. The reprints (1909-1948) are by Fulcher and others; topics include canal rays, the Stark-Doppler effect, spectroscopy, and the preparation of scientific abstracts. The unpublished reports (1897-1924, 1950) are on the League of Nations, international intellectual cooperation, and the establishment of the National Science Foundation, as well as other early writings by Fulcher. The clippings document events in Fulcher's career. Correspondents include: Niels Bohr, Arthur H. Compton, Henry Crew, Robert A. Millikan, and Johannes Stark.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Crew, Henry, 1859-1953

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Fulcher, Gordon S. (Gordon Scott), 1884-

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Physicist (glass). On physics faculty at University of Wisconsin, 1909-1918; physicist, Corning Glass Works, 1920-1931; and from physicist to director of research, Corhart Refractories Co., KY, 1934-1938. From the description of Papers, 1897-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80927776 ...

Stark, Johannes, 1874-1957

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Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

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Physicist (photoelectricity, ions) and educator. On the physics faculty at the University of Chicago, 1896-1921; on the faculty at California Institute of Technology: director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics and chairman of the Executive Council, 1921-1946, emeritus professor of physics and chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1946; Nobel Prize in physics, 1923. From the description of Papers [microform], 1847-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77594601 Millikan was...

Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962

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Physicist Arthur Holly Compton worked as a research engineer at Westinghouse Lamp Co. (1917-1919) and studied with Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England (1919). He taught physics at Washington University (1920-1923) and at University of Chicago (1923-1945) and served as Chancellor of Washington University from 1945-1953. From the guide to the Arthur Holly Compton notebooks, 1919-1941, 1919-1941, (American Philosophical Society) In 1920, Arthur Holly Co...