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Amos Emerson Dolbear (/ ˈ eɪ m ɒ s ˈ ɛ m ər s ən ˈ d ɒ l b ɛər /; November 10, 1837 – February 23, 1910) was an American physicist and inventor. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. He was a professor at University of Kentucky in Lexington from 1868 until 1874.
Dolbear's law states the relationship between the air temperature and the rate at which crickets chirp. It was formulated by physicist Amos Dolbear and published in 1897 in an article called "The Cricket as a Thermometer".
Amos Emerson Dolbear was a physicist and inventor. He was born in Norwich, CT. His father died when he was young and he had a youth in hardship moving frequently. He lived in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Worcester MA, and Missouri before enrolling in Ohio Wesleyan University.
Apr 3, 2023 · Amos Dolbear was born in 1837 in Connecticut and is well known for his invention of a system for transmitting telegraph signals without wires in 1882 among many other important inventions. He died in 1910.
Amos Emerson Dolbear (1837-1910), known to his students at Tufts as "Dolly," chaired the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts College beginning in 1874. As a theoretical scientist he contributed many notable inventions, including the static telephone, the electric gyroscope used to demonstrate the Earth's rotation, the opeidoscope, and ...
Amos Emerson Dolbear was an American physicist and inventor. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. He was a professor at University of Kentucky in Lexington from 1868 until 1874.
Today, with this presentation of Ohio Wesleyan’s Distinguished Achievement Citation, we are honored and privileged to recognize Amos Dolbear for his outstanding and prolific body of scientific achievements.
