Arthur Louis Day
American geophysicist and volcanologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Louis Day (October 30, 1869 ā March 2, 1960) was an American geophysicist and volcanologist. He studied high temperature thermometry, seismology and geothermal energy.
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Born | (1869-10-30)October 30, 1869 Brookfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | March 2, 1960(1960-03-02) (aged 90) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University University of Groningen |
Awards | John Scott Medal Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal William Bowie Medal (1940) Wollaston Medal (1941) Penrose Medal (1947) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Thermometry Seismology Geothermal energy |
Institutions | Yale University Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt U.S. Geological Survey |
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