Arthur Schuster, lying on an armchair by a fireplace, with a photograph of Lord Kelvin behind him. Photograph, c. 1901.

Date:
1901
Reference:
33271i
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The photograph is one of a collection depicting Sir Arthur Schuster (1851-1934), his family and friends. Sir Arthur, a British physicist and professor in applied mathematics and physics at the University of Manchester, was a pioneer in spectroscopy and terrestrial magnetism, inventing the Schuster-Smith magnetometer, a standard instrument for measuring the earth's magnetic force. This photograph and others (mostly depicting his work with x-rays) were presented to the Wellcome Institute by his daughter, Dr. Nora H. Schuster, in 1962

Publication/Creation

1901

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1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 7.2 x 9.6 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 33271i

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