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  • Ionizing radiation and its chemical effects : a historical study of chemical dosimetry (1902-1962)

    Creator:
    Chorzempa, Mary André, Sister
    Abstract:
    Chemical dosimetry developed in response to needs created by developments in the field of high-energy radiation. Shortly after the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and of radioactivity in 1896, the deleterious effects of ionizing radiation were recognized. To guard against the injurious effects of radiation in medical application, dose-measuring methods...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . Working on this assumption, Mme. Curie and her husband Pierre Curie, who was on the Faculty of Science at

  • The Development of Astronomy in the United States Prior to 1900

    Creator:
    Harburg, William A.
    Abstract:
    From the earliest English colonization to the present day, there has been interest in astronomy in this country. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the science of astronomy developed in America from the earliest observations by educated colonists using imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    early eighteenth centuries was Institutio Astronomica (1653) by Pierre Gassendi. The Astronomica was