Samuel Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.

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Who was born first?

• Samuel Langley and Gaston Planté were born the same year
• Samuel Langley and Gottlieb Daimler were born the same year
• Samuel Langley and Johann Philipp Reis were born the same year
• Samuel Langley was born 1 year after Alfred Nobel
• Samuel Langley was born 1 year before Elisha Gray

Timeline

1. Alfred NobelOctober 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896
2. Gaston PlantéApril 22, 1834 – May 21, 1889
3. Gottlieb DaimlerMarch 17, 1834 – March 6, 1900
4. Johann Philipp ReisJanuary 7, 1834 – January 14, 1874
5. Samuel Langley (this page)August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906
6. Elisha GrayAugust 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901

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