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Samuel Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.
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science · American astronomer, physicist and inventor (1834–1906) · astronomer · aerospace engineer · astrophysicist · physicist · inventor · military flight engineer · aircraft pilot · also Samuel Langley, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Langley
Born 22 August 1834 · Died 27 February 1906 · Q357961
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1963· 2 entries
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1963).
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Langley was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio
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1906· 1 entry
Died 1906-02-27.
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1902· 1 entry
"A plane of fixed size and weight would need less propulsive power the faster it flew", the counter-intuitive effect of induced drag
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1898· 4 entries
Awarded Prix Jules Janssen (1898).
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Langley received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France (the French astronomical society)
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Based on the success of his models, Langley received a War Department grant of $50,000 and $20,000 from the Smithsonian to develop a piloted airplane, which he called an "Aerodrome" (coined from Greek words roughly trans
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Received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society
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1896· 4 entries
Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1896).
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Awarded John Scott Award (1896).
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When his Number 5 unpiloted model weighing 25 pounds (11 kg) made two flights – 2,300 ft (700 m) and 3,300 ft (1,000 m) – after a catapult launch from a boat on the Potomac River
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To make the first calculation of how climate would change from a future doubling of carbon dioxide levels
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1895· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1895).
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1893· 1 entry
Won Janssen Medal (1893).
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1890· 1 entry
Of infrared observations at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh together with Frank Washington Very along with the data he collected from his invention, the bolometer, was used by Svante Arrhenius to make the first c
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1888· 1 entry
Langley was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society
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1887· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of the Smithsonian (1887).
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1886· 4 entries
Awarded Rumford Prize (1886).
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Won Rumford Medal (1886).
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Won Henry Draper Medal (1886).
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Langley received the inaugural Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to solar physics
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1880· 1 entry
Langley invented the bolometer, an instrument initially used for measuring far infrared radiation
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1875· 1 entry
Was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society
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1867· 2 entries
To become the first director of the Allegheny Observatory, after the institution had fallen into hard times and been given to the Western University of Pennsylvania
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Became the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh (then known as the Western University of Pennsylvania), a post he kept until 1891 even while he became the
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1834· 1 entry
Born 1834-08-22.
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