Charles S. Hastings

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Charles S. Hastings

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PhD Physics University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Charles Sheldon Hastings was an American physicist known for his work in optics. His father was Panet Marshall Hastings and his mother was Jane Sheldon Hastings. The father was a physician and anatomy teacher at Hamilton College, where Charles was born. At the age of six the family moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where Charles received his early education. Hastings entered Yale University's Sheffield School of Science in 1867 and received his bachelor's degree in 1870. His early interest in astronomy and telescopes were likely due to Chester Lyman, Chair of Physics and Astronomy at the Sheffield School. He then earned a PhD from Yale in 1873, and immediately was made an instructor in physics. In 1875 he resigned to study in Germany and France until being named an associate at the new Johns Hopkins University in 1876. He became an associate professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University and the first Chair of Professor of Physics of Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. He collaborated with John A. Brashear on the optical design of large telescopes including the reflector at Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and the photographic refractor at Allegheny Observatory. His optical designs enabled much progress in astronomy at U.S. observatories. The Hastings Triplet magnifying glass design is based on his optical formulae. He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1926.

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A GENERAL THEORY OF HALOS (1920) (10)
On the influence of temperature on the optical constants of glass (1878) (4)
On the law of double refraction in Iceland spar (1888) (3)
A theory of the constitution of the Sun, founded upon spectroscopic observations, original and other (1881) (3)
New methods in geometrical optics : with special reference to the design of centered optical systems (2)
HALO OF MAY 20, 1915, AT NEW HAVEN, CONN. (1915) (1)
On a New Type of Telescope Objective Especially Adapted for Spectroscopic Use (1899) (1)
Group of visual phenomena depending upon optical errors of the human eye (1905) (0)
ON ERRORS OF ECCENTRICITY IN THE HUMAN EYE (1905) (0)
A test-book of general physics (0)
On triple objectives with complete color correction (1879) (0)
Error of collimation in the human eye (1905) (0)
On the variation in the focal length of an objective with change of temperature (0)
The Common Theory of the Solar Corona with a statement of Dr. C. S. Hastings' Objections (0)
REVIEW: Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses, a Text-book of Geometrical Optics BY James P. C. Southall (1919) (0)
AN UNUSUAL HALO OBSERVED AT NEW HAVEN, CONN., FEBRUARY 25, 1922 (1922) (0)
HALO OF MAY 20, 1915, ANALYZED (1915) (0)
A general method for determining the secondary chromatic aberration for a double telescope objective, with a description of a telescope sensibly free from this defect (1889) (0)
Comparison of the spectra of the limb and of the center of the Sun, made at the Sheffield Scientific School (1873) (0)
Optical constants of the human eye for different colors (1905) (0)
A New Type of Telescope Especially Adapted to Spectrometers (1925) (0)

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