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Edward Charles Pickering

Edward Charles Pickering
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Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations.

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  1. Antonio AbettiJune 19, 1846 – February 20, 1928
  2. Edward Charles Pickering (this page)July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919
  3. Gösta Mittag-LefflerMarch 16, 1846 – July 7, 1927
  4. Oskar BacklundApril 28, 1846 – August 29, 1916
  5. Raoul PictetApril 4, 1846 – July 27, 1929
  6. William Robertson SmithNovember 8, 1846 – March 31, 1894

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