ABBOT, CHARLES GREELEY

1872–1973, American astrophysicist, b. Wilton, N.H. He was acting director in 1896 and director in 1907 of the astrophysical observatory of the Smithsonian Institution; he was secretary of the institution from 1928 to 1944, when he became a research associate. Many of his research studies were initiated by S. P. Langley, his predecessor. He completed the mapping of the infrared solar spectrum and carried out systematic studies of variation in solar radiation, its relation to the sunspot cycle, and its effect on weather variation. He also studied the nature of atmospheric transmission and absorption. Abbot perfected various standardized instruments now widely used for measuring the sun's heat, and he invented devices utilizing solar energy.

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The Doom of Reconstruction: The Liberal Republicans in the Civil War Era
Book by Andrew L. Slap; Fordham University Press, 2006
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885, Greeley, Horace--1811-1872, Liberal Republican Party--History, Presidents--United States--Election--1872, Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865-1877), United States--Politics And Government--1849-1861, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1877
...Levenson, Ernest Samuels, Charles Vandersee, and Viola...Sons, 1913. Sumner, Charles. Charles Sumner: His Complete...Humor and Tragedy of the Greeley Campaign. Cen- tury...Secondary Works Books Abbot, Richard H. The Republican...
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Economic History of Europe
Book by Shepard Bancroft Clough, Charles Woolsey Cole; D. C. Heath, 1952
Subjects: Europe--Economic Conditions
...it was ____________________ 3 For a description of the operation of the spinning wheel, see Charles Greeley Abbot , Great Inventions New York: Smithsonian Scientific Series, 1932 , pp. 268-269, 272-274.
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The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia
Book by Marc Rothenberg; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Science--United States--History--Encyclopedias
...Abel, John Jacob, 434-435 Abbot, Charles Greeley, 522 Abbot, Henry L., 275...478 Adair, James, 51 Adams, Charles Baker, 516 Adams, Henry Brooks...262 , 310 , 368 opposition to Charles Darwin, 13 , 197 , 245 , 421...
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Men of Science in America: The Role of Science in the Growth of Our Country
Book by Bernard Jaffe; Simon and Schuster, 1944
Subjects: Science--United States--History, Scientists--United States
INDEX Abbe, Cleveland 1838-1916 , 202 Abbot, Charles Greeley 1872- , 203 , 338 , 339 , 353 Abbot, Gilbert, 166 Abbot, John, 143 Abel, John Jacob 1857-1938 , 429 , 432 , 433 , 447 abolitionist...
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Sons of Science: The Story of the Smithsonian Institution and Its Leaders
Book by Paul H. Oehser; H. Schuman, 1949
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution--History
INDEX Abbe, Cleveland, 50 Abbot, Charles Greeley, xvi , xvii , 115 , 119 , 120 , 131 , 137 , 140 , 147 , 158...174 ; solar and weather studies, 169 - 171 ; writings, 176 Abbot, Elvira Moore, 179 Abbott, William L., 201 Abracadabra...
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journal articles on: Abbot Charles Greeley  - 3 results

 
 
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Annual Report for 2006
Journal article by Charles F. Bryan Jr.; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 115, 2007
Subjects: African Americans, American history, Antebellum period, Archives & records, Art exhibits, Baptist churches, Bond strength, Civil rights movement, Collections, Manuscripts, Oral history, State government, World War II
...Purchased through the Charles S. Hutzler Fund. 27...Virginia, to Hon. Horace Greeley. New York, 1869. Purchased...Peterson, Charlottesville Charles Larus Reed, Jr., Richmond...F. Stern, Richmond Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Richmond...OF THE SOCIETY W. W. Abbot, Charlottesville David...
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The Genesis of Whiteface in Nineteenth-Century American Popular Culture
Journal article by James P. Byrne; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Ethnicity--Analysis
...political arenas. As Greeley puts it: "The Irish...Victorian Caricature. Newton Abbot: Davis Charles, 1971. Davison, June...and Introduction by Charles Fanning. Washington...Oxford UP, 1964. Greeley, Andrew M. That Most...
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Buddhism and Christianity in Competition? Religious and Ethnic Identity in Karen Communities of Northern Thailand
Journal article by Roland Platz; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 34, 2003
Subjects: Buddhism, Christianity, Ethnicity, Lamaism, Thailand--Religious aspects, Thailand--Social aspects, Thais
...monkhood is three years, though the abbot encourages monks to settle in the...the Thai frontier with Burma, ed. Charles F. Keyes (Philadelphia: Institute...1963), pp. 105-57; Andrew M. Greeley, Ethnicity in the United States...


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Abbot, Charles Greeley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABBOT, CHARLES GREELEY 1872 1973, American astrophysicist, b. Wilton, N.H. He was acting...also studied the nature of atmospheric transmission and absorption. Abbot perfected various standardized instruments now widely used for measuring...


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