Frank Schlesinger Quotes

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The astronomer has borrowed almost all his tools from the physicist; the prism, the grating, the photoelectric cell, the interferometer, the photographic plate, even the telescope itself, were all used in the laboratory before they were applied to the sky.

Frank Schlesinger

Frank Schlesinger

Frank Schlesinger

Born: May 11, 1871

Died: July 10, 1943 (aged 72)

Bio: Frank Schlesinger was an American astronomer. His work concentrated on using photographic plates rather than direct visual studies for astronomical research.

Known for:

The Praesepe group (1898)
Spectroscopic and Visual Binaries
The Architecture of Frank Schlesinger

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