Henry Augustus Rowland
(1848-1901)
American physicist
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Prof Henry Augustus Rowland FRS(For) HFRSE (November 27, 1848 – April 16, 1901) was an American physicist. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society. He is remembered today particularly for the high quality of the diffraction gratings he made and for the work he did with them on the solar spectrum.
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Henry Augustus Rowland 27 November 1848 Honesdale, Pennsylvania USA
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16 April 1901 (aged 52) Baltimore, Maryland USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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