Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
Albert Michelson papers and notebook on the velocity of light, 1878-1930.
Correspondence and manuscript material principally related to grants awarded to Michelson by the Carnegie Institution of Washington for his work on the ruling of diffraction gratings, the velocity of light, and star measurements at Mt. Wilson Observatory. Also includes a copy of Michelson's notebook on the velocity of light.
Physicist (light). On the physics faculty of Case Western Reserve, 1883-1889; and University of Chicago: department chair, 1892-1925, distinguished service professor from 1925; winner of Nobel Prize, 1907.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Diffraction gratings.
Light -- Speed.
Spectrum analysis
Stars
Physicists. lcsh
Spectrum analysis.
Velocity, Light.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA