Dinsmore Alter

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Dinsmore Alter is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, University of Kansas, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Pittsburgh, Westminster College, Missouri

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Dinsmore Alter's Degrees

Bachelors Physics Princeton University
PhD Astronomy University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Dinsmore Alter was an American astronomer, meteorologist, and United States Army officer. He is known for his work with the Griffith Observatory and his creation of a lunar atlas. Early life He was born in Colfax, Washington, and attended college at Westminster College in Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1909 with a B.S. degree, he married Ada McClelland. The couple had one child, Helen.

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A SUSPECTED PARTIAL OBSCURATION OF THE FLOOR OF ALPHONSUS (1957) (11)
A Simple Form of Periodogram (1937) (10)
Pictorial guide to the moon (1973) (6)
THE NATURE OF THE TYPICAL LUNAR MOUNTAIN WALLED PLAINS (1956) (5)
THE KOZYREV OBSERVATIONS OF ALPHONSUS (1959) (4)
NATURE OF THE LUNAR RAYS (1955) (3)
THE NATURE OF THE DOMES AND SMALL CRATERS OF THE MOON (1957) (3)
APPLICATION OF SCHUSTER'S PERIODOGRAM TO LONG RAINFALL RECORDS, BEGINNING 1748 (1924) (3)
A GROUP OR CORRELATION PERIODOGRAM, WITH APPLICATION TO THE RAINFALL OF THE BRITISH ISLES (1927) (3)
THE NATURE OF THE LUNAR MARIA (1956) (2)
THE GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE LUNAR SURFACE (1963) (2)
Correlation Periodogram Investigation of English Rainfall (1933) (2)
a Study of the Possibility of Economic Value in Statistical Investigations of Rainfall Periodicites (1927) (2)
An Extremely Simple Method of Periodogram Analysis. (1933) (2)
Multiple Correlation for Prediction Purposes (1931) (2)
The Diameter of Pluto (1951) (2)
ARMIN OTTO LEUSCHNER (1953) (1)
Spectral Series and the Grouping of the Asteroids (1919) (1)
NOTE ON PROF. MARVIN'S DISCUSSION OF “A POSSIBLE RAlNFALL PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-NINTH THE SUN-SPOT PERIOD” (1921) (1)
THE LIMB OF THE MOON (1955) (1)
Correlation periodogram analysis of R Scuti (1933) (1)
THE FAINT RAY SYSTEMS (1965) (1)
A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE SUN SPOT NUMBERS (1928) (1)
Communications: Students Whose Academic Work Is Inferior (1)
Application of Schuster's Periodogram to Long Rainfall Records (1)
Herbert Alonzo Howe (1)
AN EXAMINATION BY MEANS OF SCHUSTER'S PERIODOGRAM OF RAINFALL DATA FROM LONG RECORDS IN TYPICAL SECTIONS OF THE WORLD (1926) (1)
A POSSIBLE RAINFALL PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-NINTH THE SUN-SPOT PERIOD (1921) (1)
A Statistical Study of the Solar Atmosphere with Application to the Evolution of Planets (1934) (0)
Equations extending Schuster's periodogram (1925) (0)
A PERIODOGRAM INVESTIGATION OF SHORT-PERIOD SUNSPOT CYCLES (1938) (0)
A modified form of differential correction for orbits (1930) (0)
A CRITICAL TEST OF THE PLANETARY HYPOTHESIS OF SUN SPOTS (1929) (0)
Preliminary Report on periodogram‐Analysis of the rainfall‐records of the Pacific Coast of North America (1935) (0)
Correction of Sample Moment Bias Due to Lack of High Contact and to Histogram Grouping (1939) (0)
Orbit of the asteroid Y.O. 241(1079) Mimosa (1928) (0)
REVIEW: Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes BY Ellsworth Huntington and Stephen S. Visher (1926) (0)
ON THE ORBIT OF (132) AETHRA (1916) (0)
REVIEW: Earth and Sun: an Hypothesis of Weather and Sun-Spots BY Ellsworth Huntington and H. Helm Clayton (1926) (0)
REVIEW: X-Rays by G. W. C. Kaye (1924) (0)
Equations modifying Schuster's periodogram (abstract) (0)
The Moon as a Laboratory for Basic Scientific Research (1962) (0)
Earth's Satellite. (Book Reviews: The Measure of the Moon; Physics and Astronomy of the Moon) (1963) (0)
NOTES ON THE BRITISH ISLES TEST RAINFALL PREDICTIONS (1930) (0)
THE EXPLOSION CRATERS OF THE MOON (1957) (0)
NOTE ON THE TEST BRITISH ISLE RAINFALL PREDICTIONS (1929) (0)
Physics and Astronomy of the Moon. Zdenêk Kopal, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1962. xv + 538 pp. Illus. $16.50 (1963) (0)
On the relative motions in 61 Cygni and similar stars (0)
A Survey of the Moon. Patrick Moore. Norton, New York, 1963. xvi + 333 pp. Illus. $6.95 (1963) (0)
On variation of velocity of waves due to motion of the source (0)
THE CRITERIA OF REALITY IN THE PERIODOORAM (1926) (0)
PECULIAR FEATURES OF THE LUNAR SURFACE (1958) (0)
Analysis of the light variations of W Cygni (1929) (0)
A new piece of demonstration apparatus for descriptive astronomy classes (0)
Elements and ephemeris of Comet D 1915 (Mellish) (0)
RECENT SUN-SPOT PECULIARITIES (1937) (0)
Possible Connection Between Sunspots and Earthquakes (1920) (0)
On finite velocity of gravitation as a possible factor in stellar evolution (0)
THE AWARD OF THE BRUCE GOLD MEDAL TO DR. M. MINNAERT (1951) (0)
Second elements and ephemeris of Comet B 1916 (Wolf) (0)
The orbit of Aethra (0)
The Measure of the Moon. Ralph B. Baldwin. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1963. xx + 488 pp. Illus. Maps. $13.50 (1963) (0)
COMET B 1916 (WOLF) (1916) (0)
Elements and ephemeris of Comet B 1916 (Wolf) (0)
Possible Periodicity in Mean Sun-Spottedness (0)
Book Review: The Universe of Stars (0)
Introduction to Practical Astronomy. (1933) (0)
INVESTIGATION OF RAINFALL PERIODICITIES BETWEEN 1 1/6 AND 2 1/2 YEARS BY USE OF SCHUSTER'S PERIODOGRAM (1927) (0)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOON (1961) (0)
Astronomy for the Layman: A Survey of the Moon . Patrick Moore. Norton, New York, 1963. xvi + 333 pp. Illus. $6.95. (1963) (0)

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