Langley
Edmund of, York, 1st Duke of.
Samuel Pierpont
[peer-pont] /ˈpɪər pɒnt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1906, U.S. astronomer, physicist, and pioneer in aeronautics.
William, Langland, William.
a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, near Vancouver.
Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,025 feet (4280 meters).
for electromagnetic radiation incident upon a surface, a value of energy per unit area equal to one calorie per square centimeter.
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Astronomy David Todd
The White Rose of Langley Emily Sarah Holt
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, George Alfred Townsend
“Seth” Frances Hodgson Burnett
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Various
noun
Samuel Pierpont. 1834–1906, US astronomer and physicist: invented the bolometer (1878) and pioneered the construction of heavier-than-air flying machines
langley
(lāng’lē)
A unit equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter of irradiated surface, used to measure solar radiation. The langley is named after American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906).
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