S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.
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The New Astronomy
Venture into a scientific revolution where the sun and stars are not just points of light, but complex worlds with the power to shape our very existence.
By S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911
Discover how one man's relentless pursuit pushed the boundaries of science and engineering in a quest to conquer the skies.
By S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley