Shor, Elizabeth Noble
Profile of a Magnetician: Victor Vacquier/ by Elizabeth N. Shor.
Brief outline of Vacquier's life and accomplishments.
Vacquier was born in Russia in 1907; moved with parents to the United States in 1923. Received M.S. in physics from University of Wisconsin in 1928. Designed instrumentation for geophysical research. Most recently a professor emeritus of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography; widely known for creating the flux-gate magnetometer.
Vacquier, Victor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Geophysics -- Research.
Magnetic instruments.
Physicists.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA