Richard Cockburn Maclaurin
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American physicist
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Richard Cockburn Maclaurin's Degrees
- Bachelors Mathematics University of Melbourne
- Masters Mathematics University of Melbourne
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Why Is Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Cockburn Maclaurin was a Scottish-born U.S. educator and mathematical physicist. He was made president of MIT in 1909, and held the position until his death in 1920. During his tenure as president of MIT, the Institute moved across the Charles River from Boston to its present campus in Cambridge. In Maclaurin's honor, the buildings that surround Killian Court on the oldest part of the campus are sometimes called the Maclaurin Buildings.
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin's Published Works
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- Theory of the Reflection of Light Near the Polarising Angle (1905) (11)
- XLVIII.—The dissolution of gold in a solution of potassium cyanide (7)
- SOME FACTORS IN THE INSTITUTE'S SUCCESS. (1911) (4)
- EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY. (1911) (2)
- THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. (1915) (2)
- A numerical examination of the optical properties of thin metallic plates (1906) (2)
- The mechanic arts (2)
- On the nature and evidence of title to realty : a historical sketch (1)
- XVIII.The influence of stiffness on the form of a suspended wire or tape (1903) (1)
- On the intensity of light reflected from transparent substances (1907) (1)
- Science and Education (1910) (1)
- On Optical Dispersion Formulae (1908) (1)
- MR. EDISON'S SERVICE FOR SCIENCE. (1915) (0)
- On Metallic Reflection and the Influence of the Layer of Transition (1906) (0)
- THE PRESENTATION OF THE JOHN FRITZ MEDAL TO ELIHU THOMSON. (0)
- On Light Elliptically Polarised by Reflexion, Especially Near the Polarising Angle: A Comparison with Theory (1907) (0)
- On Newton's Rings Formed by Metallic Reflection (1905) (0)
- Address of Welcome. (1917) (0)
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