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Samuel Pierpont Langley

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American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906)

Born 1834
Died 1906

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  • Cover of: Langley memoir on mechanical flight

    Cover of edition langleymemoironm00langrich First published in 1911 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Temperature of the Moon: From Studies at the Allegheny Observatory by S. P. langley, with the Assistance of F. W. very

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  • Cover of: On the amount of the atmospheric absorption

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  • Cover of: Researches on solar heat and its absorption by the earth's atmosphere: a report on the Mount Whitney expedition

    First published in 1884 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Samuel Pierpont Langley

American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906)

Born 1834
Died 1906

Subjects

Aeronautics, Solar radiation, Astronomy, Flight, Infrared spectra, Solar energy, Temperature and radiation, 1884, Actinometer, Astrophysics, Bolometer, Color vision, Early works to 1900, Fireflies, Flying-machines, Moon, Natural History, history, Personal equation, Phosphorescence, Photometry, Pterodactyls, Radiation, Spectrum analysis, Winds

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Moon, United States, Whitney, Mount (Calif.)

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James Smithson (1765-1829)

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Alternative names

  • S. P. Langley
  • S. P Langley

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