Biography:David L. Webster
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David Locke Webster | |
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| Born | November 6, 1888 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 1976 (aged 88) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | X-ray theory ultra-high frequency radio waves rocket science |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University |
David Locke Webster (November 6, 1888 – December 17, 1976) was an American physicist and physics professor, whose early research on X-rays and Parson's magneton influenced Arthur Compton.
Biography
David Locke Webster was born November 6, 1888, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Andrew Gerrish Webster and Elizabeth Florence Briggs. He attended Harvard University, earning an A.B. in 1910 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1913. His teaching career began at Harvard as a mathematics instructor, 1910–1911; physics assistant, 1911–15; and physics instructor, 1915–1917, during which time he published several papers on X-ray theory. This work continued while served as a physics instructor at the nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1919 to 1920. He acted a professor of physics at Stanford University from 1920 until his retirement in 1954, when he was awarded professor emeritus status. Webster was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Physical Society and the American Geophysical Union. A member of the American Association of Physics Teachers from its inception in 1930, Webster served as its Vice-President in 1933 and 1934 and as President in 1935 and 1936. During World War II, Webster served as head physicist in the United States Army Signal Corps (1942), chief physicist in the Ordnance Department (1942–45), and consultant to these units after 1945. Webster died December 17, 1976.[1][2]
Bibliography
Books
- David L. Webster, General Physics for Colleges (Century, 1923).
Scientific papers
- Webster DL (Sep 1914). "The Effect of Pressure on the Absorption of Light by Bromine and Chlorine, and its Theoretical Significance". Physical Review 4 (3): 177–194, 561. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.4.177. Bibcode: 1914PhRv....4..177W.
- Webster DL (Mar 1915). "The Intensities of X-Ray Spectra". Physical Review 5 (3): 238–243. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.5.238. Bibcode: 1915PhRv....5..238W.
- Webster DL (Feb 1916). "The Emission Quanta of Characteristic X Rays". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2 (2): 90–4. doi:10.1073/pnas.2.2.90. PMID 16576119. Bibcode: 1916PNAS....2...90W.
- Webster DL (Jun 1916). "Experiments on the Emission Quanta of Characteristic X-Rays". Physical Review 7 (6): 599–613. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.7.599. Bibcode: 1916PhRv....7..599W. https://zenodo.org/record/2008063.
- Webster DL (Jul 1916). "Notes on Page's Theory of Heat Radiation". Physical Review 8 (1): 66–69. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.8.66. Bibcode: 1916PhRv....8...66W. https://zenodo.org/record/2114787.
- "A Test for X-Ray Refraction Made with Monochromatic Rays". Physical Review 8 (5): 528–533. Nov 1916. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.8.528. Bibcode: 1916PhRv....8..528W. https://zenodo.org/record/2386751.
- "The Intensities of X-Rays of the L Series". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 3 (3): 181–5. Mar 1917. doi:10.1073/pnas.3.3.181. PMID 16576211. Bibcode: 1917PNAS....3..181W.
- Webster DL (Mar 1917). "X-Ray Emissivity as a Function of Cathode Potential". Physical Review 9 (3): 220–225. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.9.220. Bibcode: 1917PhRv....9..220W.
- Webster DL (Jun 1917). "The Theory of Electromagnetic Mass of the Parson Magneton and other Non-Spherical Systems". Physical Review 9 (6): 484–499. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.9.484. Bibcode: 1917PhRv....9..484W.
- Webster DL (Aug 1917). "Equations as Statements About Things". Science 46 (1182): 187–189. doi:10.1126/science.46.1182.187. PMID 17807530. Bibcode: 1917Sci....46..187W. https://zenodo.org/record/1448191.
- David L. Webster, "The Scattering of Alpha Rays as Evidence on the Parson Magnetron Hypothesis", Physical Review (Feb 1918).
- Webster DL (May 1920). "An Improved Form of High Tension D. C. Apparatus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 6 (5): 269–72. doi:10.1073/pnas.6.5.269. PMID 16586812. Bibcode: 1920PNAS....6..269W.
- David L. Webster, "The Physics of Flight", (May 1920).
- Webster DL (Jul 1920). "Quantum Emission Phenomena in Radiation". Physical Review 16 (1): 31–40. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.16.31. Bibcode: 1920PhRv...16...31W. https://zenodo.org/record/2404529.
- David L. Webster, "The Present Conception of Atomic Structure", (Jul 1921).
- David L. Webster, "A General Survey of the Present Status of the Atomic Structure Problem", (Jul 1921).
- David L. Webster, "Note on the Masses of Stars", (Jan 1922).
- Webster DL (Oct 1923). "The American Physical Society". Science 58 (1504): 336. doi:10.1126/science.58.1504.336. PMID 17798762. Bibcode: 1923Sci....58..336W. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9c4a/3cdd82a36fcad212e222a1974b2713c8ffd3.pdf.
- Webster DL (May 1924). "A Possible Explanation of Tertiary Line Spectra in X-Rays". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 10 (5): 186–91. doi:10.1073/pnas.10.5.186. PMID 16576815. Bibcode: 1924PNAS...10..186W.
- "The Compton Effect with No Box around the Tube". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 11 (1): 56–61. Jan 1925. doi:10.1073/pnas.11.1.56. PMID 16586969. Bibcode: 1925PNAS...11...56R.
- "Compton Effect: Evidence on Its Relation to Duane's Box Effect". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 11 (1): 61–4. Jan 1925. doi:10.1073/pnas.11.1.61. PMID 16586970. Bibcode: 1925PNAS...11...61R.
- "The Compton Effect with Hard X-Rays". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 11 (4): 224–7. Apr 1925. doi:10.1073/pnas.11.4.224. PMID 16576877. Bibcode: 1925PNAS...11..224W.
- Webster DL (Jun 1927). "Direct and Indirect Production of Characteristic X-Rays". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 13 (6): 445–56. doi:10.1073/pnas.13.6.445. PMID 16587195. Bibcode: 1927PNAS...13..445W.
- Webster DL (Apr 1928). "Direct and Indirect Characteristic X-Rays: Their Ratio as a Function of Cathode-Ray Energy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 14 (4): 330–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.14.4.330. PMID 16587344. Bibcode: 1928PNAS...14..330W.
- Webster DL (Apr 1928). "K-Electron Ionization by Direct Impact of Cathode Rays". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 14 (4): 339–44. doi:10.1073/pnas.14.4.339. PMID 16587345. Bibcode: 1928PNAS...14..339W.
- "Intensities of K-Series X-Rays from Thin Targets". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 14 (9): 679–86. Sep 1928. doi:10.1073/pnas.14.9.679. PMID 16587389. Bibcode: 1928PNAS...14..679W.
- Webster DL (Mar 1934). "Current Progress in X-Ray Physics". Science 79 (2044): 191–197. doi:10.1126/science.79.2044.191. PMID 17792026. Bibcode: 1934Sci....79..191W.
- Webster DL (Aug 1939). "Surface Currents in Deep Tidal Waters". Science 90 (2327): 107–108. doi:10.1126/science.90.2327.107. PMID 17810652. Bibcode: 1939Sci....90..107W.
- Webster DL (Dec 1940). "Perceptual Disorientation During Landing of Airplane". Science 92 (2400): 603–604. doi:10.1126/science.92.2400.603. PMID 17795440. Bibcode: 1940Sci....92..603W.
- David L. Webster, "Forces on Ferromagnets through which Electrons are Moving", (Dec 1946).
- Leonard T. Pockman; David L. Webster; Paul Kirkpatrick; Keith Harworth (Mar 1947). "The Probability of K Ionization of Nickel by Electrons as a Function of Their Energy". Physical Review 71 (6): 330–338. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.71.330. Bibcode: 1947PhRv...71..330P.
- Webster DL; Newton, Carol (Jun 1956). "Masses of Carriers in Conductors". Physical Review 82 (6): 808–8091. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.82.808. Bibcode: 1951PhRv...82..808W.
References
- ↑ American Institute of Physics, Biography of David Locke Webster , College Park, MD (2000).
- ↑ John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, ed., "David Locke Webster (6 Nov. 1888-17 Dec. 1976)", American National Biography, V22, pp. 868-69 (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999).
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