KATER, HENRY |
England, 1777-1835, |
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with the Royal Engineers in India; improved geodetic instruments; invented a reversible pendulum to find the value of gravity; designed a hygrometer; Royal Society medal in 1817; F.R.S. |
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Taylor 2(999); McConnell (1984); G.L'E. Turner 24; DNB; RSW. |