About
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Milestones, by age
Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.
- ~52Received the Rumford Medal1886
- ~52Received the Henry Draper Medal1886
- ~64Named Prix Jules Janssen1898
Sources
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Sources (2)
- Samuel Langley (Q357961) · Wikidata
- Samuel Langley · Wikipedia
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