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Irvine Clifton Gardner

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Dr. Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889 – 1972) was an American physicist known for his contributions to optics and aerial photography.

Biography

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Gardner was born in 1889.[1] In 1921, he joined the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), and in 1950, became chief of the Division of Optics and Meteorology.[1] He headed a joint NBS-National Geographic Society expedition to Kazakhstan to observe the solar eclipse of June 19, 1936.[1] The team took used a four-meter eclipse camera with a 23-centimeter astrographic lens to take the first natural color photographs of a solar eclipse.[1] The next year Gardner joined a National Geographic-U.S. Navy expedition to the Canton Islands to photograph the solar eclipse of June 8, 1937.[1] He retired from the Bureau of Standards in 1959.[1]

Gardner was the president of the Optical Society of America in 1958.[2] He was also noted for his work in the field of spectroscopy.

Awards and honors

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In 1954, he was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal by the Optical Society of America; he was made a fellow of the OSA in 1959.[1] In 1955, he was awarded a fellowship of the Society of Imaging Science and Technology. The Gardner Inlet and the crater Gardner on the Moon are named after him.[1]

Bibliography

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  • "An optical system for reading the angular deflection of a mirror", Journal of the Optical Society of America, vol. 12, 1926.
  • "The Optical Requirements of Airplane Mapping", Bureau of Standards Journal of Research, Vol. 8, 1932.
  • "Observing an Eclipse in Asiatic Russia", National Geographic, February, 1937.
  • "Validity of the Cosine-Fourth-Power law of Illumination", Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, Vol. 39, September 1947.
  • "Research and Development in Applied Optics and Optical Glass at the National Bureau of Standards; a Review and Bibliography", Washington Government Printing Office, 1949.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Irvine C. Gardner". Optica. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Past OSA Presidents". Optical Society of America. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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