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Lead up to World War II
Russia/Soviet Union
Letter from Carl Lampland to R.S. Dugan (Princeton University), April 24, 1938

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Title

Lead up to World War II
Russia/Soviet Union
Letter from Carl Lampland to R.S. Dugan (Princeton University), April 24, 1938

Subject

Lead up to World War II

Russia/Soviet Union

Purge of Russian astronomers during the Stalin Regime (Gerasimovich, Numerov)

Planetary Radiation Measurement

Weather in Flagstaff

Lampland, C.O.

Dugan, R.S.

Description

Report to Dugan from Lampland at Lowell

Ambitious research programs and the plight of the Russian scientists

Weather in Flagstaff

Improvements made in Lowell's Spectroradiometer and new thermocouples and amplifiers to aid in Planetary Radiation Measurement

Reference to situation in Europe with Adolf and Benito

Creator

Lampland, C.O.

Date

1938-04-24

Rights

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Format

Typed letter

Language

English

Type

Text

Collection

Citation

Lampland, C.O., “Lead up to World War II
Russia/Soviet Union
Letter from Carl Lampland to R.S. Dugan (Princeton University), April 24, 1938,” Lowell Observatory Archives, accessed November 12, 2025, https://collectionslowellobservatory.omeka.net/items/show/689.

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