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Definition of Samuel Pierpoint Langley
1. Noun. United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906).
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist, Artificer, Discoverer, Inventor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samuel Pierpoint Langley
Literary usage of Samuel Pierpoint Langley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian, William Lockwood Marsh (1921)
"X Samuel Pierpoint Langley LANGLEY was an old man when he began the study of
aeronautics, or, as he himself might have expressed it, ..."
2. The Library Chronicle by Library Association (1887)
"... Assistant Secretary Professor Samuel Pierpoint Langley, LLD., was duly elected
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to succeed the late Professor ..."
3. Wiener Luftschiffer-zeitung edited by [Anonymus AC02787972] (1906)
"... fleißigen Arbeiten bemessen und danach beurteilt werden ! Samuel Pierpoint
Langley ward am 22. August 1834 zu Roxburg in Massachusetts ..."
4. A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian, William Lockwood Marsh (1921)
"X Samuel Pierpoint Langley LANGLEY was an old man when he began the study of
aeronautics, or, as he himself might have expressed it, ..."
5. The Library Chronicle by Library Association (1887)
"... Assistant Secretary Professor Samuel Pierpoint Langley, LLD., was duly elected
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to succeed the late Professor ..."
6. Wiener Luftschiffer-zeitung edited by [Anonymus AC02787972] (1906)
"... fleißigen Arbeiten bemessen und danach beurteilt werden ! Samuel Pierpoint
Langley ward am 22. August 1834 zu Roxburg in Massachusetts ..."
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