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Born November 27, 1848 • Honesdale • Pennsylvania
Died April 16, 1901 (aged 52) • Baltimore • Maryland
Inventions concave diffraction grating
Subjects Of Study electromagnetism • mechanical equivalent of heat • ohm
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