The highest aim of the physicist

Name: The highest aim of the physicist
Author: Henry Augustus Rowland

by Henry Augustus Rowland

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"Address delivered to the Physical Society of America by the President, at its meeting in New York, October 28, 1899."

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Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1899.

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Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by JSTOR Digital Library.)

Release date

2023-05-18

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Physics

About the author

Henry Augustus Rowland

1848–1901

A pioneering American physicist, he helped turn precision measurement into a tool for discovery and became especially known for his work on diffraction gratings and high-quality spectra. He also played an important role at Johns Hopkins University and served as the first president of the American Physical Society.

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