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Albert Abraham Michelson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Albert Abraham Michelson , 1852-1931, American physicist, b. Strelno, Prussia, grad. Annapolis, 1873, and studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and Paris. He was professor of physics at Clark Univ. (1889-92) and later was head of the department of physics at the Univ. of Chicago (1892-1931). He is known especially for his determinations of the speed of light; in some of his earliest work he tested the data of Foucault's experiments and, then and later, with apparatus (including the interferometer) that he designed and built himself, measured the speed of light to an unequaled degree of accuracy. He measured... Read more
Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson The American physicist Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931) is important for his determination...of light and the study of optical interference. Albert Michelson was born on Dec. 19, 1852, in German Poland. The... Read more
Michelson, Albert Abraham 1852-1931
MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM 1852-1931 Physicist and first...nobel prize winner Background Albert Abraham Michelson was born in Prussia, in 1852...academic physics. Einstein, Michelson, and Relativity In 1905 Albert Einstein demonstrated in the... Read more

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