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 Divine and Human Comedy of Andrew M. Greeley
Book by Allienne R. Becker; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Balzac, Honore de--1799-1850--Influence, Catholic Church--in literature, Catholics in literature, Christian fiction, American--History and criticism, Christianity and literature--United States--History--20th century, Greeley, Andrew M.--1928---Criticism and interpretation
...is the one that Greeley emphasizes in his...represented by the Holy Abbot Colum of Iona and...church tradition, Abbot Colum disapproves...in which Andrew Greeley introduces his readers...return with the Holy Abbot Colum from their...very first novel, Greeley befuddles those who...
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Letters of Charles Eliot Norton - Vol. 1
Book by Sara Norton, M. A. Dewolfe Howe, Charles Eliot Norton; Houghton Mifflin, 1913
Subjects: Norton, Charles Eliot--1827-1908
LETTERS OF CHARLES ELIOT NORTON IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME 1 LETTERS OF CHARLES ELIOT NORTON WITH BIOGRAPHICAL COMMENT. BY...October 1913 PREFACE Soon after Lowells death Charles Eliot Norton wrote to Leslie Stephen: "I mean...
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Charles Francis Adams, 1807-1886
Book by Martin Duberman; Stanford University Press, 1968
Subjects: Adams, Charles Francis--1807-1886
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS 1807-1886 CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS 1807-1886 BY MARTIN DUBERMAN STANFORD...bad, of the same kind with those we feel to be working in us. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS North American Review July, 1839 Acknowledgments...
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Charles F. Lummis: Editor of the Southwest
Book by Edwin R. Bingham; Huntington Library, 1955
Subjects: Lummis, Charles Fletcher--1859-1928
...history of personal journalism, for Charles F. Lummis and Out West can claim a...with their media -- men like Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune , Hezekiah...and Out West . The suggestion that Charles Lummis and his western monthly were worth...
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The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt
Book by Richard H. Brodhead; Duke University Press, 1993
Subjects: African American Novelists--19th Century--Diaries, Chesnutt, Charles Waddell--1858-1932--Diaries
THE JOURNALS OF CHARLES W. CHESNUTT The Journals of Charles W Chesnutt RICHARD H. BRODHEAD, EDITOR DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Durham and London 1993 Frontispiece: Charles Chesnutt in 1874, aged 16 1993 Duke University Press...
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Gemeinschaft Verstehen: a Theory of the Middle Range
Journal article by George A. Hillery Jr.; Social Forces, Vol. 63, 1984
Subjects: Social Problems, Social Service
...The work of McCready and Greeley on mysticism suggests that...12. I am indebted to Charles J. Dudley for major assistance...William C., and Andrew M. Greeley. 1976 . The Ultimate Values...TenHouten, Warren D., and Charles D. Kaplan. 1973 . Science...
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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
...in Victorian Caricature. Newton Abbot: Davis Charles, 1971. Davison, June K. "Harrigan...Group. Ed. and Introduction by Charles Fanning. Washington DC: Catholic...New York: Oxford UP, 1964. Greeley, Andrew M. That Most Distressful...
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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
...13) Interviews with the abbot of Wat Sri Soda and Phra Irun...Bible are identical. (21) Charles F. Keyes, Being Protestant...1963), pp. 105-57; Andrew M. Greeley, Ethnicity in the United States...Focus-Verlag, 1997). (31) Charles F. Keyes, Introduction, in...


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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...He also studied the nature of atmospheric transmission and absorption. Abbot perfected various standardized instruments now widely used for measuring...


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