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A.E. DOUGLASS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY

A.E. DOUGLASS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY A.E. DOUGLASS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY SHAW KINSLEY Independent scholar SUMMARY This paper discusses the instruments developed by the American astronomer A.E. Douglass (1867-1962) in his research on dendrochronology (the dating of past events through the study of annual growth rings in trees). Douglass improved upon the work of British physicist Arthur Schuster by creating a series of increasingly complex instruments that enabled him to interpret the vast quantities of data generated by climatic phenomena. His most elaborate device was the Merriam Cycloscope of 1936. This generated images that were shown with a scale giving cycle lengths and permitted Douglass rapidly to see non-permanent or intermittent cycles within whole curves. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nuncius (successor of "Annali") Brill

A.E. DOUGLASS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY

Nuncius (successor of "Annali") , Volume 19 (2): 691 – Jan 1, 2004

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Brill
Copyright
© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0394-7394
eISSN
1825-3911
DOI
10.1163/182539104X00430
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A.E. DOUGLASS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF DENDROCHRONOLOGY SHAW KINSLEY Independent scholar SUMMARY This paper discusses the instruments developed by the American astronomer A.E. Douglass (1867-1962) in his research on dendrochronology (the dating of past events through the study of annual growth rings in trees). Douglass improved upon the work of British physicist Arthur Schuster by creating a series of increasingly complex instruments that enabled him to interpret the vast quantities of data generated by climatic phenomena. His most elaborate device was the Merriam Cycloscope of 1936. This generated images that were shown with a scale giving cycle lengths and permitted Douglass rapidly to see non-permanent or intermittent cycles within whole curves.

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Published: Jan 1, 2004

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