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Robert Williams Wood

Born

in Concord, Massachusetts, The United States

May 02, 1868

Died

August 11, 1955

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Wood

Genre

Science

Influences

Carl Sagan, Alfred Lee Loomis, August Toepler, Benjamin Franklin, Henr ...more

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Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor. He is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared and ultraviolet photography. Wood's patents and theoretical work shed much light on the nature and physics of ultra-violet radiation and made possible the myriad uses of uv-fluorescence which became popular after World War I.

Although physical optics and spectroscopy were Wood's main areas of study, he made substantial contributions to the field of ultrasound as well. His main contributions were photographing sound waves and working with Alfred Lee Loomis in the development of power ultrasonics.

His first contribution to the field of ultrasonics was from ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 179 ratings · 39 reviews · 82 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers 4.19 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1917 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Analogues: Verses And Illustrations (1908) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Tell the Birds From The Flowers And Other Woodcuts liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of John the Orange-Man: Being a Short Sketch of the Life of Harvards Popular Mascot it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1891 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Çocuklar için Akustik Deneyleri by Robert Williams Wood, Sevgi Özdemir (Translator ) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers: A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Researches in Physical Optics, Vol. 1: With Special Reference to the Radiation of Electrons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Researchers in physical optics: With especial reference to the radiation of electrons (Columbia university in the city of New York. Publications no. ... Kempton Adams fund for physical research) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Researches in physical optics by R. W. Wood. Volume v.1-2 1913 [Leather Bound] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to tell the Birds from the Flowers, and other Wood-cuts: Enriched edition. A Revised Manual of Flornithology for Beginners really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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