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In World War II Dr. William Pickering worked for Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was brought into the Lab due to his expertise in telemetry, the science of radio control. He soon transferred much of his attention to aeronautics, however, as JPL began to develop missiles for the war effort. From 1944 to 1946, Pickering was ...
William Henry Pickering, the astronomer, was born in Boston in 1858. He was the younger brother of Edward C. Pickering, the director of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). He studied physics at MIT and earned his degree in 1879. He became an instructor of physics at MIT after graduation and established a teaching photographic laboratory at ...
William Henry Pickering, né à Boston le 15 février 1858 et mort à Mandeville (Jamaïque) le 17 janvier 1938 (à 79 ans), est un astronome américain, frère d'un autre célèbre astronome, Edward Charles Pickering . Il a découvert le neuvième satellite naturel de Saturne, Phœbé, en 1899, à partir de plaques photographiques prises en 1898.
William Henry Pickering (Boston, 15 febbraio 1858 – Mandeville, 17 gennaio 1938) è stato un astronomo statunitense, fratello di Edward Charles Pickering
24 de dic. de 2016 · Pickering, William Henry. Born Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 15 February 1858. Died Mandeville, Jamaica, 16 January 1938. William Pickering influenced the selection of mountaintop sites for astronomical observatories in the Western Hemisphere, pioneered the application of photography to astronomy, and was a noted popularizer of the discipline.
William Henry Pickering, the astronomer, was born in Boston in 1858. He was the younger brother of Edward C. Pickering, the director of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). He studied physics at MIT and earned his degree in 1879. He became an instructor of physics at MIT after graduation and established a teaching photographic laboratory at ...
"William Henry Pickering" published on by null. (1858–1938)Americanastronomer, younger brother of E. C. Pickering. He assisted P. Lowell in establishing the Flagstaff Observatory, but later disagreed with Lowell's exotic theories about life on Mars.
