Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902
Ogden N. Rood papers, 1855-1902.
Correspondence, art work, and memorabilia of Rood, including letters to Rood from colleagues, scientists, and artists including Albert Bierstadt, Arthur J. Evans, Joseph Henry, and Charles Eliot Norton. Family letters to and from his wife, Matilda, and children; letters from his wife to her mother, Anna Prunner, in Germany; sketchbooks, drawings, and etchings of Rood and his son, Roland Rood; and photographs and memorabilia.
Professor of Physics at Columbia University, 1863-1901, who was the first to apply stereoscopic photography to the microscope and the first to make quantitative experiments on color-contrast, to measure the duration of flashes of lightning, and to make a photometer that is independent of color.
Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902.
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1941.
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
Rood, Matilda.
Prunner, Anna.
Rood, Roland, 1863-1927.
Columbia University -- Faculty.
Family -- New York (N.Y.)
Family -- Germany.
Photography, Stereoscopic.
Photomicrography.
Photometry
Color photography -- Research.
Lightning -- Research.
Germany -- Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Drawings. ftamc
Sketchbooks. ftamc aat
Photographic prints. ftamc
Etchings. ftamc
College teachers. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Rood family.
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