William Radcliffe Birt
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William Radcliffe Birt (1804–1881) was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th century. His name is used for the Birt crater, a minor crater on the Moon. Birt worked extensively with John Herschel, carrying out a great deal of meteorogical research on atmospheric waves, from 1843 to 1850. A lot of his work is held in the Scientist's Collection at the American Philosophical Society.
The lunar crater Birt is named after him.
[edit] Further reading
- Forbes, Eric (1970–80). "Birt, William Radcliff". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 147. ISBN 0684101149.
- Obituary in MNRAS, (1882), v. 42, p.142-144.
[edit] External links
- Vladimir Jankovic, 'John Herschel's and William Radcliffe Birt's research on atmospheric waves'
- Scientists Collection
- Works by William Radcliffe Birt at Project Gutenberg
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