Lewis Morris Rutherford (in the old transcription of Rutherford , Eng. Lewis Morris Rutherfurd ; November 25, 1816 - May 30, 1892 ) - a lawyer , the owner of a private observatory near New York . Known for astrophotography .
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| Awards and prizes | Rumford Award (1873) |
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1863) [4] .
Photograph of the Moon by Lewis Rutherford in 1865
He owns one of the first photographs of the moon ( 1859 ). Pictures of the Pleiades , obtained by him using a 11¼- inch lens specially sanded for ultraviolet rays, for the first time ( 1865 ) made it possible to attach a photograph to the tasks of measuring astronomy. The known Rutherford machine for cutting diffraction grids.
Memory
In 1935, the International Astronomical Union named Rutherford the crater on the visible side of the moon .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Lewis Rutherfurd
Literature
- Rutherford, Lewis Morris // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.