August Herman Pound

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August Herman Pfund (born December 28, 1879 in Madison , Wisconsin , † January 4, 1949 ) was an American physicist and spectroscopist.

Pfund was a professor of optics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , Maryland .

In 1924 he discovered the series named after him in the spectrum of hydrogen ( pound series ). In addition, Pfund invented a telescope arrangement.

In 1939 he was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alton B. Moody: "THE POUND SKY COMPASS" . Ed .: Journal of The Institute of Navigation. 2nd Edition. No. 7 , 1950, pp. 234-239 .
personal data
SURNAME Pound, August Herman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and spectroscopist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1949