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Born June 13, 1911 • Berlin • Germany
Died May 17, 1977 (aged 65) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Inventions field-emission microscope • field-ion microscope
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Samuel P. Langley.
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Two 15-foot (4.6-metre) spherical terminals of the Van de Graaff direct current electrostatic generator, New Bedford, Mass., 1935.
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Page, Robert Morris
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Charles Hard Townes
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