Neal Hooker Williams (1870–1956) was a physicist notable for the very first spectroscopic measurements at microwave frequencies. He carried this out with a magnetron and investigated the spectrum of gaseous ammonia together with his student Claud E. Cleeton. This formed the groundwork for the later inventions of the radar and the gas laser.
Neal H. Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Known for | Microwave spectroscopy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Eugen Guthe |
| Doctoral students | Walter S. Huxford Claud E. Cleeton |
Education
editHe completed his PhD in 1912 at the University of Michigan with a thesis entitled The Stability of Residual Magnetism. [1]
Books by Williams
edit- Walter S. Huxford and Neal H. Williams, Determination of the Charge of Positive Thermions from Measurements of the Shot Effect, Minneapolis, Minn., 1929.
- Claud E. Cleeton and Neal H. Williams, Electromagnetic Waves of 1.1 cm Wave-Length and the Absorption Spectrum of Ammonia, Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster press, inc., 1934.
- Harrison M. Randall, Neal H. Williams, and Walter F. Colby, General College Physics, New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1929.
- Neal H. Williams, The Stability of Residual Magnetism, New York, 1913.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The stability of residual magnetism. Archived from the original on 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
Sources
edit- Mario Bertolotti, The History of the Laser CRC Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7503-0911-3.