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According to Wikipedia, Donald Howard Menzel was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the United States. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous nebulae.

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Principles of Atomic Spectra (1968) (218)
The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory (1949) (207)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. III. The Balmer Decrement. (1938) (177)
Fundamental Formulas of Physics (1955) (131)
Worlds in Collision (1950) (111)
Multicolor photoelectric photometry of the brighter planets. III - Observations from Boyden Observatory. (1968) (110)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. XIII. (1941) (71)
Absorption coefficients and hydrogen line intensities (1936) (61)
GENERALIZED TABLES FOR THE CALCULATION OF DIPOLE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES IN LS - COUPLING, (1964) (51)
Osciliator Strengths, f, for High-Level Transitions in Hydrogen (1969) (51)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. X. Collisional Excitation of Nebulium. (1940) (46)
Selected papers on the transfer of radiation (1966) (45)
Planetary Temperatures Derived from Water-Cell Transmissions (1926) (42)
Oscillator Strengths for High-level Transitions in Hydrogen (1968) (39)
Results of the Occultation of Regulus by Venus, July 7, 1959 (1960) (32)
A Model of the Chromosphere from the Helium and Continuum Emissions. (1956) (32)
PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY (1929) (30)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. II. Theory of the Balmer Decrement (1937) (28)
The Relative Abundance of the Oxygen Isotopes, and the Basis of the Atomic Weight System (1931) (27)
The Terrestrial Abundance of the Permanent Gases. (1933) (26)
Multiplet Strengths for Transitions Involving Equivalent Electrons (1936) (25)
Transfer of Radiation. (1949) (21)
A study of the solar chromosphere (1931) (21)
Canon of Eclipses (1962) (21)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. V. Electron Temperatures. (1938) (20)
Selected Papers on Physical Processes in Ionized Plasmas (1962) (20)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. XVIII. The Chemical Composition of the Planetary Nebulae. (1945) (20)
Hydrogen Emission in the Chromosphere (1937) (20)
Detection of Hydrogen Emission Lines n159→n158 and n157→n156 iN Galactic H II Regions (1966) (19)
THE CASE FOR H2O CLOUDS ON VENUS (1954) (19)
Gyron Field—gravitational analogue of magnetic force (1974) (19)
PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN THE GASEOUS NEBULAE (1931) (17)
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets Including the Moon, Satellites, Comets and Other Features of the Universe (1964) (16)
The Radio Noise Spectrum (1960) (15)
The Thermodynamic State of the Outer Solar ATMOSPHERE.V.A.MODEL of the Chromosphere from the Continuum Emission. (1955) (15)
THE PLANETARY NEBULAE (1926) (14)
FILAMENTARY STRUCTURE IN SOLAR PROMINENCES (1965) (13)
THE DILUTION OF RADIATION IN A NEBULA (1931) (12)
THE ROTATION OF URANUS (1930) (12)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. XVI. The Abundance of O III. (1941) (12)
Audio-Frequency Radio Waves from the Sun (1948) (12)
On the nature of solar activity. (1957) (11)
Writing a technical paper (1961) (11)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. IV. The Mechanistic and Equilibrium Treatment of Nebular Statistics. (1938) (11)
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF SPECTROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS FOR ROTATION OF NEPTUNE (1928) (11)
GENERALIZED RADIAL INTEGRALS WITH HYDROGENIC FUNCTIONS (1964) (10)
The World of Flying Saucers (1963) (10)
Water-Cell Transmissions and Planetary Temperatures (1923) (9)
Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of The IAU (1971) (9)
Origin of Sunspots (1950) (9)
ON THE OBLITERATION OF STRONG FRAUNHOFER LINES BY ELECTRON SCATTERING IN THE SOLAR CORONA (1968) (9)
The Theoretical Interpretation of Equivalent Breadths of Absorption Lines (1936) (9)
THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS (9)
7. ON THE CAUSES OF THE ICE AGES (1953) (8)
THE IDENTIFICATION AND COSMIC ABUNDANCE OF CARBON ISOTOPES (1930) (7)
The Internal Constitution of Giant M Stars (1946) (7)
Extended Sum Rules for Transition Arrays. (1947) (7)
Coronal polarization and intensity at the November 12, 1966 Solar Eclipse (1970) (7)
TEMPERATURES OF MARS, 1926, AS DERIVED FROM THE WATER-CELL TRANSMISSIONS (1927) (7)
Forbidden Lines in Astrophysical Sources. (1933) (7)
The UFO enigma (1977) (6)
Survey of the Universe (1970) (6)
The record prominence of 10 February, 1956. (1956) (6)
Results from the Occultation of Regulus by Venus, July 7, 1959. (1960) (6)
Variations in the thermodynamic state of the chromosphere over the sunspot cycle (1957) (6)
Emission-Line Profiles from Expanding Envelopes. (1954) (5)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. VIII. The Ultraviolet Radiation Field and Electron Temperature of an Optically Thick Nebula. (1939) (5)
A New Radio Telescope for Sweden (1976) (5)
On the Fine Structure of Solar Prominences. (1960) (5)
The Classification of Stellar Spectra (1935) (5)
On the Interpretation of Nova Spectra. (1933) (4)
The Wave Lengths of New Coronal Lines. (1942) (4)
Laser Action in Non-Lte Atmospheres (1970) (4)
Note on Relative ƒ-VALUES for Lines of fe I (1937) (4)
Magneto-hydrostatics and solar prominences. (1951) (4)
THEORY OF THE SOLAR CORONA. (1968) (4)
Effect of Collisions on the Intensities of Nebular Lines (1938) (4)
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY I QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND RADIAL VELOCITIES (1972) (4)
A Simple Derivation of the Dissociation Formula. (1933) (3)
The Density necessary to Produce the Nebular Spectrum (1928) (3)
THE COSMIC ABUNDANCE OF HYDROGEN ISOTOPE H2 (1932) (3)
An Investigation of the Rowland Intensity Scale. (1940) (3)
Transfer of Radiation. III. Reflection Effect in Eclipsing Binaries. (1951) (3)
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY II QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE (1972) (3)
Pressures at the base of the chromosphere : a critical study of Milne's theories (1931) (3)
Physical Processes in the Gaseous Nebulae. VII. The Transfer of Radiation in the Lyman Continuum. (1939) (3)
Torsional oscillations and solar magnetic fields (1955) (3)
A Study of the Solar Chromosphere Based upon Photographs of the Flash Spectrum taken by Dr. William Wallace Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory, at the Total Eclipses of the Sun in 1898, 1900, 1905 and 1908 (3)
Solar eclipse: nature's super spectacular (1970) (3)
The Outer Corona at the Eclipse of March 7, 1970 (1970) (3)
“Turbulence”, kinetic temperature, and electron temperature in stellar atmospheres☆ (1955) (3)
Fundamental formulas of physics - Volume 1; Volume 2 (1960) (3)
Harvard College Observatory, Report. (1963) (3)
Gravitational analogue of the magnetic force (reply) (1975) (3)
THE OCCULTATION OF REGULUS BY VENUS (1961) (2)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. XVII. Fluorescence in High-Excitation Planetaries. (1941) (2)
Book Review: Stellar Evolution, (Book). (1950) (2)
Equivalent Widths and the Temperature of the Solar Reversing Layer (1938) (2)
HYDROGEN ABUNDANCE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GIANT PLANETS (1930) (2)
A discussion on infared astronomy - Temperature distribution of the Moon (1969) (2)
Eclipse instrumentation for the solar corona. (1970) (2)
A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLARES AND LOOP PROMINENCES (1961) (2)
SUBATOMIC ENERGY AND STELLAR RADIATION (1929) (2)
CROCKER ECLIPSE EXPEDITION TO FRYEBURG, MAINE: REPORT ON THE JUMPING-FILM SPECTROGRAPHS (1932) (2)
FORBIDDEN LINES IN THE FLASH SPECTRUM (1928) (2)
Planetary temperatures derived from radiation measurements using Russell's formula (abstract) (2)
Kramers' Absorption Law in Physical Problems (1938) (2)
Ionospheric cross modulation - a microscopic theory (1965) (2)
The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Origin and Structure of Planetary Nebulae (1968) (2)
RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE OBSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF SOLAR PHENOMENA. Final Report, May 1, 1967--April 30, 1968. (1964) (2)
THE GREEN CORONAL LINE AT THE ECLIPSE OF APRIL 28, 1930 (1930) (2)
The Sun's Magnetic Field and the Stability of Solar Markings. (1963) (2)
The origin and evolution of sunspots. (1955) (2)
Physical Processes in the Gaseous Nebulae. VI. The Equations of Radiative Transfer. (1939) (2)
STUDY OF INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION FOR THERMAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE MOON (1961) (1)
Astrophysicists watch the Sun (1950) (1)
Solar activity and cosmic radiation (1958) (1)
A study of the flash spectrum (1)
THE ACCURACY OF PLANETARY TEMPERATURES DERIVED FROM RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS (1927) (1)
Report on lunar nomenclature (1971) (1)
A system for recording the polarization of extended astronomical objects. (1970) (1)
The story of the starry universe; the science of astronomy, the size, motions, relative positions, and other phenomena of the heavenly bodies. (1948) (1)
Neon Absorption Lines in Stellar Spectra. (1933) (1)
SOLAR PROMINENCE ACTIVITY, 1944 - 1954 (1962) (1)
THE DEVIATION OF STELLAR ATMOSPHERES FROM THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM (1930) (1)
Stars and planets; exploring the universe (1931) (1)
Origin of the aurora borealis. (1952) (1)
Exploring our neighbor world, the moon (1958) (1)
Sunspots, magnetic fields and the structure of the solar atmosphere (1964) (1)
R.A.S.C. Papers- Classification of Solar Prominences for Sun-spot Cycle No. 19 (1955-1964) (1968) (1)
Problems for Solutions: [2941-2950] (1)
Theory of the ionosphere. (1948) (1)
DYNAMICS OF IONIZED MEDIA. (PRELIMINARY REPORT). Scientific Report No. 3 (1952) (1)
Lunar rays and the dike system of the Spanish Peaks, Colorado. (1948) (1)
FURTHER IDENTIFICATIONS OF NEBULAR LINES (1934) (1)
Elementary manual of radio propagation (1948) (1)
Temperature gradients and molecular weight in the Sun's atmosphere (1930) (1)
THE HARVARD-M. I. T. ECLIPSE EXPEDITION (1936) (1)
The Evolution of Solar Prominences (1963) (1)
THE WOLF-RAYET STARS (1929) (1)
Earth-Sun Relationships (1948) (1)
Theoretical Problems of Stellar Absorption Lines (concluded) (1939) (1)
RARE EARTHS IN THE FLASH SPECTRUM (1927) (1)
Point Sources of Radio Noise (1950) (1)
The surfaces of the Moon, Mars and Venus (1967) (0)
The Upper Atmosphere (1949) (0)
15. Ice crystals in the sky (1953) (0)
Sunspots and Magnetohydrodynamic Flows (1968) (0)
Space—The New Frontier (1962) (0)
Research study on dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Final report, 1 January 1972--30 June 1974 (1974) (0)
21. Visits to Mars and Venus (1953) (0)
18. Comets, meteors, and other astronomical apparitions (1953) (0)
INSTRUMENTATION FOR OBSERVATIONS OF PLANETS IN THE FAR INFRARED (1963) (0)
7. Fine Details of the Solar Surface (1959) (0)
1. The saucers start to fly (1953) (0)
Review of Publications- The Nature of the Lunar Surface edited (1967) (0)
THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SKY IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUN (1963) (0)
Selected Papers on the Transfer of Radiation (Ref. A. UNSÖLD) (1967) (0)
13. Solar Power and Human Needs (1959) (0)
Long-Period Variables and Planetary Nebulae (1968) (0)
9. “Strange signes from Heaven” (1953) (0)
What Is the Solar Corona (1965) (0)
RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE PRODUCTION OF A MAP OF THE VISIBLE FEATURES OF MARS (1964) (0)
Multicolor photoelectric photometry of the Moon, Venus, Mars, and other planets Final report, 15 Jun. 1960 - 31 Jan. 1968 (1968) (0)
NOTE ON A BRIGHT METEOR (1927) (0)
13. Sight and saucers (1953) (0)
The calculation of line profiles in a stratified atmosphere. (1958) (0)
Continuous spectrum of the solar corona. (1946) (0)
The friendly stars : how to located and identify them (1964) (0)
Lunar Introduction (1967) (0)
7. The great saucer of 1882 (1953) (0)
STUDY OF THE INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES AND SHOCKS IN AN IONIZED MEDIUM (1961) (0)
Sun-Spots (1931) (0)
THE PRESENT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF NOVA AQUILAE (3) (1926) (0)
14. The Sun and the Earth (1959) (0)
Buchbesprechung ber: Principles of Atomic Spectra. (Ref. R. LINCKE) (1968) (0)
5. The scientific detective (1953) (0)
Abstract: ENERGY SOURCES IN GIANT STARS (1948) (0)
An interesting prominence (1946) (0)
The moon as an abode of life (1969) (0)
19. The galloping ghosts of radar (1953) (0)
The atmospheres of the outer planets (abstract) (0)
SUBATOMIC ENERGY AND STELLAR RADIATION (CONCLUSION) (1929) (0)
THEORIES OF ABSORPTION LINES (1934) (0)
MAGNETOHDRODYNAMIC FLOW AND FORCE-FREE FIELDS (1964) (0)
Physics of the Solar Chromosphere. Richard N. Thomas and R. Grant Athay. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1961. x + 422 pp. Illus. $15.50. (1962) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 5 (1964) (0)
[Positions of Nebulae] discovered by D. Menzel, 4. (0)
DETERMINATION OF CORONAL POLARIZATION. (1971) (0)
3. Light, Atoms, and Test Tubes (1959) (0)
Magnetohydrostatic Models of the Solar Corona (1963) (0)
GENERAL NOTES AND REVIEWS (1934) (0)
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLAR PROMINENCES FOR SUNSPOT CYCLE NO. 19 - 1956 (1963) (0)
REVIEW: The Theory of Atomic Spectra BY E. U. Condon and G. H. Shortley (1936) (0)
The design and operation of the Harvard-M.I.T. 1936 eclipse equipment (1937) (0)
NEWS FROM ABROAD. (1941) (0)
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLAR PROMINENCES FOR SUNSPOT CYCLE NO. 19 (1955-1964) - SUMMARY. (1962) (0)
Physics of solar prominences (1933) (0)
12. The little men from Venus (1953) (0)
17. La Lune (The Moon) (1970) (0)
12. A Study on Cosmic Radio Noise Sources (1960) (0)
6. Sunspots–Magnetic Islands (1959) (0)
Instrumentation in astronomy II : seminar-in-depth, March 4-6, 1974, Tucson, Arizona (1974) (0)
Commission de la Lune (1967) (0)
3. Flying saucers seen from the ground (1953) (0)
Why Take the Sun for Granted (1935) (0)
THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD (EDDINGTON) (1929) (0)
Book reviews (1974) (0)
8. Prominences–Geysers and Volcanoes (1959) (0)
Descriptions and positions of 2,829 new nebulae (0)
9. The Corona Mystery (1959) (0)
The origin of cosmic rays. (1948) (0)
4. Hoaxers and jokers (1953) (0)
Mechanisms in prominence activity (1955) (0)
9. Solar Whistlers (1960) (0)
5. Solar Chemistry (1959) (0)
The interpretation of equivalent breadths of absorption lines (1936) (0)
10. Flying saucers of the Bible (1953) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 3 (1964) (0)
Lunar nomenclature Interim report (1970) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 1 (1964) (0)
Charles Greeley Abbot. (1977) (0)
Study of ground-based and space vehicle infrared instrumentation for thermal photography of the moon and planets, including experimental programs at selected observatories Final report, 1 Jan. 1960 - 30 Jun. 1968 (1969) (0)
11. The invasion from Mars (1953) (0)
20. Interplanetary saucers and space travel (1953) (0)
Research study on dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Final report 1 Jul 74--30 Sep 76. [Harvard College Observatory] (1976) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 2 (1964) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 4 (1964) (0)
15.5. Kepler's place in science fiction (1975) (0)
THE NEW ROWLAND (1928) (0)
8. The unknown lights of Japan (1953) (0)
Conference on Non-linear Processes in the Ionosphere, December 16-17, 1963. Volume 6 (1964) (0)
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 9, 1928 (1928) (0)
The Escape of Planetary Atmospheres (1974) (0)
Some problems of ionospheric nonlinearities (1965) (0)
Operational solution of the reflection effect in eclipsing binaries. (1950) (0)
Address by the Representative of The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1962) (0)
ASPECT OF THE HEAVENS FOR MARCH AND APRIL, 1930 (1930) (0)
16. Lenses of air (1953) (0)
A New Method for Calculating Relative Multiplet Strengths in a Transition Array (1935) (0)
PRESSURE DECOMPOSITION AS A SOURCE OF SOLAR ENERGY. (1927) (0)
Planets, stars and galaxies : descriptive astronomy for beginners (1966) (0)
1. Meet the Sun (1959) (0)
11. Atomic Energy and the Solar Interior (1959) (0)
ANNIHILATION OF MATTER AS THE SOURCE OF STELLAR ENERGY (1931) (0)
Appendix: THEORY OF MIRAGES (1953) (0)
Physical Processes in Gaseous Nebulae. IX. on the Excitation of Fractional Multiplets by Electron Capture. (1940) (0)
Superstars and the black hole myth (1975) (0)
A Hypothetical Model: Physics of the Solar Chromosphere . Richard N. Thomas and R. Grant Athay. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1961. x + 422 pp. Illus. $15.50. (1962) (0)
Case against UFO's (1976) (0)
Development of lunar nomenclature. [conference of international scientists] (1973) (0)
2. A Panoramic Sunscape (1959) (0)
The Harvard Conference on Cepheid Variables (1938) (0)
Pressure Decomposition as a Source of Solar Energy (1927) (0)
12. The Sun and the Universe (1959) (0)
10. Solar Eclipses–Old and New (1959) (0)
14. How far away is a rainbow (1953) (0)
The spectra of Jupiter and Saturn (abstract) (0)
Remarks at Concluding Dinner (1969) (0)
The World of Atoms (1933) (0)
Biography -- The Telescope (1941) (0)
THE THEORY OF ATMOSPHERIC SEEING (1962) (0)
A New Program of Planetary Photography (1963) (0)
A redetermination of the solar curve of growth (1948) (0)
Ferroelectric bolometer for space research. (1964) (0)
A discussion on infared astronomy - Radio emission from high-level transitions in hydrogen (1969) (0)
Planetary nebulaeG.A. Gurzadyan, 1970. Reidel, Dordrecht, 314 pp;. Dfl. 53.00 (1974) (0)
17. Commission de La Lune (1967) (0)
A symbolic solution of the equation of radiative transfer. (1949) (0)
The statistical equilibrium of a planetary nebula (1936) (0)
2. Flying saucers seen from the air (1953) (0)
A model of the chromosphere from 1952 eclipse data. (1954) (0)
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLAR PROMINENCES. XII. SUMMARY FOR 1944 TO 1954 (1961) (0)
SOLAR ACTIVITY AND TERRESTRIAL DISTURBANCES (1954) (0)
Matrices for birefringent filters. (1951) (0)
Structure of the solar chromosphere (0)
Transfer of Radiation. II. Radiative Transfer in Absorption Lines. (1951) (0)
GENERAL NOTES AND REVIEWS (1932) (0)
Book-Review - a Field Guide to the Stars and Planets - ED.2 (1985) (0)
84. The Source of Luminosity of Gaseous Nebulae (1979) (0)
Radiation pyrometer for lunar observation (1969) (0)
The Thermodynamic State of the Outer Solar Atmosphere. III, iv, and V. (1955) (0)
6. The flying–saucer scare of 1897 (1953) (0)
La Lune (The Moon) (1968) (0)
EVAPOROGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL APPLICATION TO THE MOON (1960) (0)
Lunar nomenclature Final report (1971) (0)
What is Light (1934) (0)
Operational solution of radiative transfer in absorption lines. (1950) (0)
OPACITY IN STELLAR INTERIORS (1931) (0)
The heavens above (1943) (0)
A spectroscopic note (abstract) (0)
22. What to do if you see a flying saucer (1953) (0)
4. The Message of Sunlight (1959) (0)
THE EVOLUTION OF SOLAR PROMINENCES AND MAGNETOHYDROSTATIC MODELS OF THE SOLAR CORONA (1964) (0)
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLAR PROMINENCES - IX - 1946 (1946) (0)
64. On the origin of solar radio noise (1957) (0)
THE SOURCE OF SOLAR ENERGY (1927) (0)
An example of (1978) (0)
RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE INVESTIGATION OF SOLAR PHENOMENA. (1964) (0)

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