Robert Methven Petrie

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Methven Petrie was a Canadian astronomer. He was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada at the age of five. He grew up in Victoria, British Columbia and studied physics and mathematics at the University of British Columbia. He began working summer jobs at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and became fascinated with astronomy.

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Robert Methven Petrie's Published Works

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A Re-Examination of the Space Motions and Luminosities of the Stars of the Cassiopeia–Taurus Group Based Upon New Radial Velocities (1958) (12)
On the Calculation of the Relative Temperatures and Pressures existing at the Base of Sunspots (1930) (5)
Intensity and Radial-Velocity Measurements on the Spectrum of Zeta Aurigae at Recent Eclipses⋆ (1952) (4)
Values of Oort's constant A derived from some B stars (1956) (3)
The Frequency of Stars of Variable Velocity. (1960) (3)
Radial Velocity Measures of Double Spectra and Stellar Masses. (1966) (3)
The orbital elements and apsidal motion of AR Cassiopeiae. (1944) (3)
A new determination of the mass-luminosity relation from spectroscopic binaries. (1950) (3)
The Calculation of the Convergent of a Moving Cluster of Small Apparent Diameter (1949) (3)
Spectroscopic Absolute Magnitudes of Early-Type Stars from Hydrogen Absorption-a Revision. (1964) (2)
The Scorpio–Centaurus Stream and the Absolute Magnitudes of the B Stars (1961) (2)
Absorption Line Intensities, Spectral Classification, and Excitation Temperatures for the O-Type Stars (1947) (2)
Luminosities of the B stars from spectroscopic measurements (1956) (2)
Proceedings of the Cosmic Distance Scale Conference: Part II. Photometric distances: Luminosities derived from H-y intensities (1958) (2)
The Accuracy of Radial Velocities Determined from COUDé High-Dispersion Spectrograms (1967) (2)
COMPOSITE SPECTRA AND SUBDWARF STARS (1942) (2)
THE SPECTROGRAPHIC ORBIT OF Θ2 TAURI (1940) (2)
The magnitude differences between the components of eighty-two spectroscopic binaries (1950) (2)
The Determination of the Magnitude Difference Between the Components of Spectroscopic Binaries (1939) (2)
SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF B-TYPE STARS. (1965) (2)
Spectrographic Observations of Visual Binaries (1966) (1)
Spectroscopic Absolute Magnitudes of Fifteen B Stars of the Scorpio-Centaurus Group (1958) (1)
The mass-luminosity relation determined from spectroscopic binaries (1950) (1)
The spectrographic orbits and dimensions of H. D. 171978 (1948) (1)
A PROJECTION MACHINE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTRA (1937) (1)
A Test of the Mass-Luminosity Relation from Δm Measures of Spectroscopic Binaries (1950) (1)
Proceedings of the Cosmic Distance Scale Conference: Part II. Photometric distances: A comparison between the Victoria system of absolute magnitudes for the B stars and other systems (1958) (1)
On the Color Temperature of Nova Herculis (1935) (1)
Condensation of paper on the “Revision of the Calibration of Absolute magnitudes by Hγ absorption” (1966) (1)
The Stark Effect in Hydrogen as a Criterion of Luminosity in the Early A-Type Stars (1949) (1)
PECULIAR MOTIONS OF B STARS DETERMINED FROM RADIAL VELOCITIES (1963) (1)
Effect of Blending on the Orbital Elements of a Double-Line B-Type Binary (1967) (1)
The Accuracy of Spectroscopic Distances of B Stars (1960) (1)
The spectroscopic binary tau Tau. (1961) (1)
Light-Ratios for Sixteen Spectrographic Binaries (1939) (0)
Space Motions and Absolute Magnitudes of Stars of the Cassiopea-Taurus Group (1957) (0)
THE SPECTROGRAPHIC ORBITS OF H. D. 109510 (1937) (0)
Notes and Queries- Double Star Conference (1956) (0)
Radial velocities of stars in the alpha Persei cluster (1967). (1967) (0)
A new Beta Canis Majoris-type star (1939) (0)
Two A-type binaries and the radial velocities of 50 stars. (0)
The O-type spectroscopic binary 14 Cep. (1962) (0)
STELLAR RADIAL-VELOCITY PROGRAMS OF THE DOMINION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (1951) (0)
Report of proceedings of Victoria, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (1959) (0)
The orbit of the spectroscopic binary H. R. 4535 (abstract) (0)
Recent spectroscopic results on HD 199140. (1953) (0)
The Joint American Astronomical Society-Astronomical Society of the Pacific Meeting at Victoria, B.C., June 25-28, 1952 (1952) (0)
AWARD OF THE BRUCE GOLD MEDAL TO OTTO H. L. HECKMANN (1964) (0)
The Orbit and Spectrum of HD 95638 (1959) (0)
Spectroscopic observations of faint B stars. (1959) (0)
A Motion Picture Record in Colour of the Total Eclipse of the Moon December 18, 1945 (with Plate VI) (1946) (0)
A spectrographic study of the beta Cephei star HD 199140 (BW Vulpeculae). (1954) (0)
Multiple-mission telemetry (1971) (0)
WAVE-LENGTH STANDARDS FOR RADIAL-VELOCITY DETERMINATIONS FROM B-TYPE SPECTRA (1953) (0)
New radial velocities for some brighter members of the Ursa Major Cluster. (1948) (0)
The orbits and dimensions of the spectroscopic binary HD 43246. (1947) (0)
The definitive orbit of the spectrographic binary Beta Arietis (1938) (0)
Spectrographic observations of epsilon Ursae Minoris. (1950) (0)
A Laboratory Manual in Astronomy (0)
The spectrographic orbital elements of H. D. 23277 (1940) (0)
Radial Velocity Data of eight A-Type Stars (1929) (0)
The magnitude differences in forty-four spectroscopic binary systems (1946) (0)
Canadian Scientists Report-XXXIII- An Appreciation (1964) (0)
Notes from Observatories- Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria B.C. (1957) (0)
GENERAL NOTES (1961) (0)
The Architecture of a Star (1936) (0)
The calculation of rotation factors for eclipsing binaries (1939) (0)
The spectroscopic orbits of HD 100018 (ADS 8189). (1952) (0)
Preliminary results from spectroscopic observations of faint B stars (1964) (0)
John Stanley Plaskett, 1865-1941 (1942) (0)
The 1940 Transit of Mercury (with Plate II) (1941) (0)
The absolute magnitudes of the B stars determined from hydrogen-line absorption. (1952) (0)
A spectrographic study of the composite binary system H. D. 144208-9 (1943) (0)
Finding the Distances to the Stars (1956) (0)
Note on emission lines in Mira variables (abstract) (0)
The O-type spectroscopic binary 14 Cephei. (1962) (0)
Further tests of the Relative speeds of photographic plates in use at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B. C. (1936) (0)
Spectrographic studies of Nova Lacertae 1936. (1937) (0)
A New Littrow Arrangement of the Victoria Stellar Spectrograph (1946) (0)
Spectroscopic absolute magnitudes of 571 B stars. (1965) (0)
Spectrum of Nova Herculis (1936) (0)
The relative speeds of plates in use at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (1936) (0)
Convergent Point and Space Motion of the Ursa Major Cluster (1953) (0)
An International Symposium on Double Stars (1961) (0)
Redetermination of the spectrographic orbits of iot Peg and 25 Ser. (1950) (0)
Builder of Solar Observatories (1962) (0)
Apsidal motion in the spectroscopic binary HR 8800. (1959) (0)
General Calibration Problems (1966) (0)
The spectrographic orbits of H.D. 23277 (1946) (0)
Victoria observations of 31 Cygni. (1957) (0)
Orbital Elements and Apsidal Motion for AR Cassiopeiae (1941) (0)
The rapid determination of radial velocities by a new projection method. (1946) (0)
A Large Optical Telescope for Canada (1963) (0)
A comparison of rotating sector and step slit as methods of plate calibration (1937) (0)
Orbital Elements and Dimensions of HD 208947 (1960) (0)
The Astronomer Looks for Life in the Heavens (1936) (0)
Rapid Determination of Radial Velocities by a New Projection Method (1946) (0)
The Spectroscopic Binary ? Tauri (1961) (0)
Note: Measures of the Extent of the Chromosphere (1934) (0)
Radial Velocities of Stars in the X Persei Cluster (1967) (0)
Absorption line intensities and spectral types for the O stars. (1944) (0)
The spectroscopic binary HD 95638. (1960) (0)
A Recalibration of the Standard Lamps of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (1941) (0)
The absolute magnitudes of the early A-type stars from hydrogen line absorption. (1949) (0)
Experiments in Spectroscopy (Seminar Talk) (1928) (0)
AWARD OF THE BRUCE GOLD MEDAL TO SETH B. NICHOLSON (1963) (0)
The chromospheric spectrum and the atmosphere of 31 Cygni (1957) (0)
A study of absorption line intensities in the spectra of 30 stars of class O. (1948) (0)
Current Radial-Velocity Programs for Stars Brighter than the Ninth Magnitud (1962) (0)
Preliminary Results of Observations of Faint B Stars. (1963) (0)
A spectrographic study of RT Aurigae. (1933) (0)
The Fifty-eighth Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (1938) (0)
Wave-length Standards for Radial-velocity Determinations, III. The A-stars with Single-prism Dispersion (1948) (0)

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