OLMSTED, Denison [1791-1859] -- American scientist and teacher, inventor (stove, lubricant)
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Wiki: Denison Olmsted
Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon. He subsequently demonstrated that meteors are not an atmospheric phenomenon, but are cosmic in origin. WIKI
His papers dealing with the famous meteoric showers of Nov. 13, 1833 (American Journal of Science and Arts, January-April 1834, January 1836), brought him scientific fame. In these he collected and arranged in logical and orderly manner all the available data on the subject. BRC
1813 | A.B. from Yale |
1813-1815 | Taught at the Union School in New London |
1815 | Appointed as a tutor at Yale |
1816 | M.A. from Yale |
1817 | Professor of Chemistry at UNC |
1821 | Successfully advocated a state geological survey (UNC) |
1824c | Appointed as state geologist (NC) |
1825 | Called to Yale as prof. of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy |
1827/07/21 | Patent: Gas Light from Cotton Seed |
1834/11/05 | Patent: a useful stove |
1835c | Patent: a lubricant of lard and rosin for machinery |
Compendium of Natural Philosphy (1833) Introduction to Astronomy (1839) Introduction to Natural Philosophy (1831-1832) Letters on Astronomy, Addressed to a Lady (1841) Life and Writings of Ebenezer Porter Mason (1842) Rudiments of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy (1844) The State of Education in Connecticut (1816 M.A. oration) Student's Commonplace Books (1828)