Extractions: This entry contributed by Michel Barran American physicist who received his B.A. from Harvard in 1891. He then studied at Johns Hopkins (1892), Chicago (1892-1894), and Berlin (1894-1896), although never earning a doctorate. He subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin (1897) and became professor of experimental physics in 1901 at Johns Hopkins, where he was subsequently named professor emeritus in 1938 and research professor for 1938-1955. Wood was internationally known for his work in optics and spectroscopy, in which fields he undertook fundamental research in resonance radiation and in the use of absorption screens in astronomical photography. He also devised a vastly improved diffraction grating In 1897, Wood became the first to observe field emission i.e., charged particles emitted from a conductor in an electric field This phenomenon is now used in the field emission microscope for studying atomic structure. Wood's work on sodium vapor was especially noteworthy (Dunoyer). Wood also developed a color-photography process, as well as both infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood made many inventions in various fields, including the method of thawing street mains by passing an electric current through them, the frosted glass light bulb, the Vienna method of detecting forged documents. He was apparently also the first person ever to show animated films. After 1920, Wood made important contributions to the fields of ultrasound and biophysics by studying the biological and physiological effects of high-frequency sound waves. The "Wood light" for generating ultraviolet radiation (more commonly called a "
Untitled by Robert Williams Wood (18681955) American physicist who received his B.A black light ) and "Wood's lamp" were both named after Robert Wood. Wood was a member of http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~jkern/RWWood
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Extractions: Home Departments Special Collections Collections and Holdings Using Special Collections Staff Archives ... Sheet Music Special Collections is an integral part of the Sheridan Libraries, the main research facility of the Johns Hopkins University. The rare books, manuscripts, archives, sheet music, maps and photographs that make up Special Collections are in three locations. Located in the Eisenhower Library are the Eisenhower Rare Book Collection, Ferdinand Hamburger Archives Manuscripts , and the Sheet Music Collection The John Work Garrett Library of rare books and manuscripts is in the Garrett family home, Evergreen House, at 4545 North Charles Street. The George Peabody Library in its magnificent Victorian building is located at 17 East Mount Vernon Place. Altogether Special Collections consist of over 390,000 volumes, 8,200 feet of manuscripts and archives, 39,000 sheets of music, 2,000 maps, and 14,000 photographs. All collections are non-circulating and may be consulted by qualified researchers. Most of the book and manuscript collections are cataloged on JHU Libraries Catalog , the Sheridan Libraries' online catalog. Other collection finding aids are accessible through the Web pages for Rare Books, Garrett Library, Peabody Library, Archives, Manuscripts, and Sheet Music.
Project Gutenberg: Authors List Ball, Hugo, 18861927. Ball, Robert S. ( Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840 Wood, Eugene, 1840-1923. Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887. Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955. Wood, William Charles Henry http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/PG-Authors.htm
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Who's Who Of Victorian Cinema (18681955). Robert Williams Wood. American experimenter in physicaloptics and unsung pioneer of film animation. Born in Massachusetts http://www.victorian-cinema.net/wood.htm
Extractions: Introduction Who's Who Technical essay Bibliography ... Resources American experimenter in physical optics and unsung pioneer of film animation Born in Massachusetts, Wood studied at Harvard and Berlin before teaching at the University of Wisconsin from 1897 to 1901, and spent the remainder of a distinguished career as professor of experimental physics at John Hopkins University, also working on the Manhattan Project in 1940. It was while at Wisconsin that Wood's name became temporarily linked to the history of cinema. At the time he was studying the propagation of sound waves and their reflections from surfaces, and he wanted some way to demonstrate the results. 'It occurred to me', he told the Royal Society in February 1900, 'that a very vivid idea of how these curious wave-fronts are derived from one another could be obtained if a complete series could be prepared on the film of a cinematograph, and projected in motion on a screen'. Wood had previously taken still photographs of wave fronts using spark illumination, but, finding it impossible to control the precise timing of the sparks, he was forced to abandon direct cinematography of the waves. Instead, a series of about one hundred drawings were made, based on the stills, showing the various stages of a wave's progress, and these were then photographed separately on a film, 'by means of the animatograph, which Mr. Paul has most kindly placed at our disposal'. (It is unclear to what extent Robert Paul Stephen Bottomore
AUTHORS Austin, Mary Hunter, 18681934. Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952 Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955. Woodward, Patrick Henry, 1833-1917 http://www.avalondigitalpress.com/authors.htm
BiblioMan.Com - The Great Literary Works Austin, Mary Hunter, 18681934. Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952 Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955. Woodward, Patrick Henry, 1833-1917 http://www.biblioman.com/authors.htm
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Extractions: Origins Available: Scottish English Spelling variations include: Wood, Woods, Wode, Would, Woid, Voud, Vould and others. First found in Dumfriesshire where they held a family seat since about 1150 after losing their previously held lands in Thorpe Arnold in Leicestershire under the Earl of Leicester. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wood and his family who had settled in Virginia before the "Mayflower" in 1620 and within the next 50 years other Wood and Woods had settled in Boston, Maryland, Salem, and the Barbados. (Above is a small excerpt from our 1800 word history) Motto Translated: Defend.
Wood, Robert Williams Wood, Robert Williams. 18681955, American physicist, b. Concord,Mass., grad. Harvard (BA, 1891). After studying abroad he became http://se.slider.com/enc/57000/Wood_Robert_Williams.htm
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Welcome To The Rowland Institute At Harvard edn 1934) under his pillow. Robert Williams Wood (18681955) was bornin Concord, Massachusetts. After studying at Harvard and Berlin http://www.rowland.org/organization/land/handf.php
Extractions: Principal Investigator... Howard Berg Dongmin Chen James Foley Winfield Hill Amit Meller Joel Parks Zvonimir Dogic Jiwoong Park Quick Link.... Administrative Resources Harvard University Employment Opportunities Contact Us Directions Library Michael Burns Alan Stern Member Directory Search our Site Rowland Seminars Freshman Seminar Current Research Past Research Safety Postings Contact People Search Seminars ... Rowland Main While not an official biography, the following is reprinted with the kind permission of the Royal Society. Edwin H. Land was born to Harry and Martha Land in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was
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