Stellar interferometer proposed by Albert Michelson

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Measurement and Instruments
Stellar Astronomy

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Date of occurrence 1890

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United States (Location)

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The Michelson stellar interferometer was proposed by Albert Michelson (19th December, 1852 - 9th May, 1931) in 1890. It was one of the earliest astronomical interferometers and was used by Michelson and Francis G. Pease to measure the super giant star Betelgeuse in 1920. Michelson became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences in 1907.

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