Carl O. Lampland

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Title

Carl O. Lampland

Subject

Lampland, Carl Otto (1873-1951)

Description

This collection highlights the life and career of Lowell Observatory astronomer Carl Lampland.

Subjects Include:

Lampland’s Obituary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blink Comparator
Discovery of Pluto
Credit for the discovery of Pluto
Pluto Orbit Work
Asteroid Positions
Meteor Crater
V-2 Rocket Launchings
Discovery of a new gas in Earth's atmosphere
Assistance provided to amateur astronomers
Assistance provided to professional astronomers
Botanical excursions with Percival Lowell
Planetary and stellar radiation measurement
Planetary radiation measurement
World War I
Affects of the Great Depression
World War II
Lowell Observatory Personnel Update
Variable Star R Aquarii
Russia/Soviet Union
-Russian Astronomers after the Bolshevik Revolution
-The condition of Russian scientists, artists and men of letters
-Purge of Russian astronomers during the Stalin Regime
Flagstaff Weather
Lowell Observatory Library
The Cold War
The Normal School/Arizona State Teachers College/NAU
Solar Eclipse Expeditions
Hubble's Variable Nebula (N.G.C. 2261)

Collection Items

Carl Lampland

Carl O. Lampland's Obituary, by John C. Duncan in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1952
Carl O. Lampland's Obituary

Franklin D. Roosevelt<br /><br /> Acting Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt&#039;s reply to a request by Senator Ashurst at Carl Lampland&#039;s behest for a copy of the American Practical Navigator, March 19, 1919
Acting Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt's reply to a request by Senator Ashurst at COL's behest for a copy of the American Practical Navigator

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to Carl Zeiss , November 17, 1919
Order for a Stereo-Comparator with the Blink-Mikroskop in the largest size

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to F. Y. Ferner (National Bureau of Standards), September 21, 1921
Inquiry regarding description and manufacturer of the Blink-comparator (Carl Zeiss of Jena, Germany - 'Stereo-Komparator')

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to Edward Fath (Goodsell Observatory), February 12, 1929
New pieces of equipment at Lowell Observatory: Photographic objective (Cooke Astro type of lens) and the Blink Comparator

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to Phillip Fox (Adler Planetarium), December 4, 1929
The large Zeiss comparator being kept busy all the time on the examination of star fields taken with the new 13-inch photographic telescope

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to Carl Zeiss , April 4, 1932
Zeiss Blink Comparator used at Lowell in the discovery of Pluto in 1930; Request for complete descriptive literature of the instrument in its present form; Microscope objectives (apochromatic lenses) with corrections for colors throughout the…

Blink Comparator<br /><br /> Lowell Observatory Library<br /><br /> Letter from Carl Lampland to Clyde Tombaugh, August 23, 1932
Visit by the Royal Astronomical Society group to Lowell. Group was very disappointed in not meeting Clyde Tombaugh but did see the pair of discovery plates displayed in the Blink Comparator.

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Blink Comparator<br /><br /> &quot;Want to discover Planet X? You&#039;ll need these three tools&quot;<br /><br /> Article in Astronomy Magazine by Kevin Schindler, May 20, 2015
In 1911 Lampland suggests the purchase of a Zeiss Blink Comparator to aid in the search for Planet X.

Lampland modifies the apparatus to accommodate larger photographic plates.
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