Agriculture -- Research, Cement, Dust -- Research, Electricity, Electrolytic capacitors, Electrometallurgy -- Laboratories, Explosives -- Research, Ionization of gases, Patent suits, Petroleum -- Research, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Physicists, Rectifiers, Rhenium, Science, Smelting, Soil science, X-rays -- Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, and Autobiographies

Wolcott writes a detailed account of his life, much of it day to day events interwoven with his encounters with other contemporary physicists and important research work. The account rambles a great deal, but there are some gems to be found, such as a visit to Thomas Alva Edison which he recounts. Wolcott also discusses his early childhood, friends, family, and teachers and describes his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he studied physics under Louis W. Austin, Chester Snow, and Robert W. Wood, built some of the first x-ray equipment, and did research in electricty, especially electrolytic condensers, with Augustus Trowbridge; his further studies at the University of Berlin, where he attended lectures given by Max Planck, Jacobus Van't Hoff, and Otto Lummer, and his thesis work under Austin in Germany; his post, after leaving Germany, as head of the department of physics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also set up an electrometallurgy laboratory; summer sessions at the University of Chicago with Albert A. Michelson and Robert Millikan; his various patents and research work on dust and metal recovery and precipitation in smelting and cement processing, rectifiers, petroleum and explosives research, and gas ionization; research during World War II; correspondence with Nikola Tesla; research in trace elements in agriculture; the discovery of rhenium in gold-platinum ore; patent litigation with Universal Oil Products Company; and a number of sketches of various --personalities--he encountered during his life.

Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.

Cosmic rays, Electricity, Laboratories -- United States, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Administration, Positrons, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, X-rays, Autobiographies, Bibliographies, Photocopies, and Physicists

Documents Bennett's early interest in electricty, his study at Union College and University of Chicago, work in x-rays with Arthur Holly Compton and at the California Institute of Technology, study of basic phenomena of electrical insulation at University of Chicago and work with Compton on cosmic rays, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professorship and work with Naval Reserve, shift to administrative tasks, World War II work in Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and positron research with General Electric Company and Martin Company. File also includes photocopies of photographs and a four-page bibliography.

Cosmic rays, Electricity, Laboratories, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Administration, Positrons, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, X-rays, Autobiographies, Bibliographies, Photocopies, and Physicists

Documents Bennett's early interest in electricty, his study at Union College and University of Chicago, work in x-rays with Arthur Holly Compton and at the California Institute of Technology, study of basic phenomena of electrical insulation at University of Chicago and work with Compton on cosmic rays, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professorship and work with Naval Reserve, shift to administrative tasks, World War II work in Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and positron research with General Electric Company and Martin Company. File also includes photocopies of photographs and a four-page bibliography.

Agriculture -- Research, Cement, Dust -- Research, Electricity, Electrolytic capacitors, Electrometallurgy -- Laboratories, Explosives -- Research, Ionization of gases, Patent suits, Petroleum -- Research, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Rectifiers, Rhenium, Science, Smelting, Soil science, X-rays -- Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, Physicists, and Autobiographies

Wolcott writes a detailed account of his life, much of it day to day events interwoven with his encounters with other contemporary physicists and important research work. The account rambles a great deal, but there are some gems to be found, such as a visit to Thomas Alva Edison which he recounts. Wolcott also discusses his early childhood, friends, family, and teachers and describes his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he studied physics under Louis W. Austin, Chester Snow, and Robert W. Wood, built some of the first x-ray equipment, and did research in electricty, especially electrolytic condensers, with Augustus Trowbridge; his further studies at the University of Berlin, where he attended lectures given by Max Planck, Jacobus Van't Hoff, and Otto Lummer, and his thesis work under Austin in Germany; his post, after leaving Germany, as head of the department of physics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also set up an electrometallurgy laboratory; summer sessions at the University of Chicago with Albert A. Michelson and Robert Millikan; his various patents and research work on dust and metal recovery and precipitation in smelting and cement processing, rectifiers, petroleum and explosives research, and gas ionization; research during World War II; correspondence with Nikola Tesla; research in trace elements in agriculture; the discovery of rhenium in gold-platinum ore; patent litigation with Universal Oil Products Company; and a number of sketches of various --personalities--he encountered during his life.

Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar eclipses, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.

Agriculture -- Research, Cement, Dust -- Research, Electricity, Electrolytic capacitors, Electrometallurgy -- Laboratories, Explosives -- Research, Ionization of gases, Patent suits, Petroleum -- Research, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Physicists, Rectifiers, Rhenium, Science, Smelting, Soil science, X-rays -- Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, and Autobiographies

Wolcott writes a detailed account of his life, much of it day to day events interwoven with his encounters with other contemporary physicists and important research work. The account rambles a great deal, but there are some gems to be found, such as a visit to Thomas Alva Edison which he recounts. Wolcott also discusses his early childhood, friends, family, and teachers and describes his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he studied physics under Louis W. Austin, Chester Snow, and Robert W. Wood, built some of the first x-ray equipment, and did research in electricty, especially electrolytic condensers, with Augustus Trowbridge; his further studies at the University of Berlin, where he attended lectures given by Max Planck, Jacobus Van't Hoff, and Otto Lummer, and his thesis work under Austin in Germany; his post, after leaving Germany, as head of the department of physics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also set up an electrometallurgy laboratory; summer sessions at the University of Chicago with Albert A. Michelson and Robert Millikan; his various patents and research work on dust and metal recovery and precipitation in smelting and cement processing, rectifiers, petroleum and explosives research, and gas ionization; research during World War II; correspondence with Nikola Tesla; research in trace elements in agriculture; the discovery of rhenium in gold-platinum ore; patent litigation with Universal Oil Products Company; and a number of sketches of various --personalities--he encountered during his life.

Cosmic rays, Electricity, Laboratories -- United States, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Administration, Positrons, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, X-rays, Autobiographies, Bibliographies, Photocopies, and Physicists

Documents Bennett's early interest in electricty, his study at Union College and University of Chicago, work in x-rays with Arthur Holly Compton and at the California Institute of Technology, study of basic phenomena of electrical insulation at University of Chicago and work with Compton on cosmic rays, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professorship and work with Naval Reserve, shift to administrative tasks, World War II work in Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and positron research with General Electric Company and Martin Company. File also includes photocopies of photographs and a four-page bibliography.

Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Solar eclipses, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar magnetic fields, Anti-submarine warfare -- Research, Astronomical photography, Astronomy, Diffraction gratings, Electricity, Naval research, Photography, Solar eclipses, Solar magnetic fields, and Autobiographies

The autobiography covers Babcock's ancestry; childhood; interests in electricity and photography; work at college job at the National Bureau of Standards; appointment to physics staff of Mount Wilson Observatory, description of colleagues and work there; detailed discussion of work on diffraction gratings, solar and spectral photography, solar magnetism, solar eclipses, and defense work for the Navy (including anti-submarine warfare) in 1918-1919 and 1942-1945.