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Yerkes Observatory 's 40-inch (102 cm ... Albert Einstein ... A major contemporary for the Yerkes was the well-regarded 36-inch Lick refractor near San Jose ...
Albert Einstein together with Marcel Grossmann starts to develop a theory which would bind metric tensor g ik, which defines a space geometry, with a source of gravity, that is with mass. Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden discover large angle deflections of alpha particles by thin metal foils.
Burbidge worked at the University of London Observatory, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California San Diego (UCSD). From 1979 to 1988 she was the first director of the Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences ...
George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes; namely, the 40-inch refracting telescope at Yerkes Observatory, 60-inch Hale reflecting telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, 100-inch Hooker ...
The 40-inch (1.02 m) refractor telescope backdrops Albert Einstein's visit to the Yerkes Observatory in May 1921. The 40-inch refractor telescope was modernized in the late 1960s with electronics of the period.
A close-up view of the center of the NGC 6505 galaxy showcases the bright Einstein ring surrounding it. - ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li
The 40-inch (1.02 m) Refractor backdrops Einstein's visit to the Observatory in May 1921 Main article: Yerkes Observatory § 40-inch aperture refractor The glass blanks for what would become Yerkes Great Refractor were made in Paris, France by Mantois and delivered to Alvan Clark & Sons in Massachusetts where they were completed.
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