Letter to Dorothy Michelson Stevens regarding Albert A. Michelson, 1965.

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Letter to Dorothy Michelson Stevens regarding Albert A. Michelson, 1965.

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This letter to the daughter of A. A. Michelson concerns quotes about him and his work discovered by Lensen in the records of the U.S. Bureau of Weights and Measures. The quotes were by B A. Gould who was then (1891 and 1892) a representative of the United States to the International Committee of Weights and Measures.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Comité international des poids et mesures.

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Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896

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American astronomer. Graduated Harvard, 1844; University of Göttingen (Germany), 1848. He returned to the United States with the hope of establishing an era for astronomy. In 1849 he founded and became the first editor of the "Astronomical Journal." In 1855, he became director of the Dudley Observatory. A public controversy arose when he disagreed with the Scientific Council and Trustees of the Observatory as to management of the facility. He was terminated as director in 1859. From ...

Lenzen, Victor F. (Victor Fritz), 1890-1975

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Died 1975. From the description of Letter to Dorothy Michelson Stevens regarding Albert A. Michelson, 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82331316 From the description of Oral history interview with Victor Fritz Lenzen, 1962 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84131974 Biography Victor Fritz Lenzen was born December 14, 1890 in San Josi, California to Theodore W. and Kate (Schnoor) Lenzen. He attended Bay Ar...

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....