Inventor Name
Michelson, Albert Abraham
Repository
Brown University
John Hay Library
20 Prospect Street, Box A
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
401-863-3723
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/index.html
Physical Description
1 vol. (114 p.)
Summary
With broadsheet laid in; contains portrait and biographical sketch of Michelson. Physicist, astronomer, and geologist. Born in Germany; emigrated to United States where he graduated from and later taught at the United States Naval Academy. Recognized for his light transmission studies; inventions of Interferometer and Echelon Spectroscope; and studies of the rigidity and configuration of the earth. Most celebrated for his measurement of the speed of light.
