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[[|thumb|Sir William Crookes in 1906]]'''Sir William Crookes''' OM PRS (/krʊks/; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. In 1913, Crookes invented 100% ultraviolet blocking sunglass lens. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, which today is made and sold as a novelty item. Late in life, he became interested in spiritualism, and became the president of the Society for Psychical Research. | [[File:Sir William Crookes 1906.jpg|thumb|Sir William Crookes in 1906]]'''Sir William Crookes''' OM PRS (/krʊks/; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. In 1913, Crookes invented 100% ultraviolet blocking sunglass lens. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, which today is made and sold as a novelty item. Late in life, he became interested in spiritualism, and became the president of the Society for Psychical Research. | ||
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* [[Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (nonfiction)]] - Influenced | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes William Crookes] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes William Crookes] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Revision as of 17:38, 3 April 2019
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (/krʊks/; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. In 1913, Crookes invented 100% ultraviolet blocking sunglass lens. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer, which today is made and sold as a novelty item. Late in life, he became interested in spiritualism, and became the president of the Society for Psychical Research.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against chemical constants
- Crimes against physical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- William Crookes @ Wikipedia