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Walter S. Huxford
Walter Scott Huxford was an American professor of physics at Northwestern University and was a co-inventor of the sunburnometer. Education His education included a bachelor's degree at Doane College, a master's degree at the University of Nebraska, and a PhD degree at the University of Michigan in 1928, with a thesis entitled: ''Determination of the Charge of Positive Thermions form Measurements of the Shot Effect.'' Career He spent two years as an officer in the Army Signal Corps, US Army Signal Corps during and after the first world war, teaching in Nebraska high schools and at Doane College, where he was head of the Physics Department, and three years as an industrial physicist. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1931, where he continued to serve as a teacher and research scientist until his death. His primary research interests were physical electronics and the dynamics of electrical discharges in gases, in which fields he and his research students published n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neligh
Neligh is a city and county seat in Antelope County, Nebraska, Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,599 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History In 1872, John D. Neligh and a few of his friends took a trip up the Elkhorn River from West Point, Nebraska. Neligh took note of the scenic landscape and thought it would be the ideal setting for a town and the county seat. He immediately left for Omaha to buy 520 acres for the town site. Misunderstanding the prime land he was selling, Omaha banker Herman Kountze sold the land required to develop Neligh. He was apparently not aware it would make the ideal county seat, which Neligh eventually became. The records were moved to Neligh on January 1, 1884. Neligh was platted in 1873 by John Neligh and others, and named for him. White Buffalo Girl In May 1877, the Ponca tribe was forced to leave their homeland on the Niobrara River and move to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The rigors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |