Numerov, B. (Boris), 1891-1941

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Numerov. Russian astronomer (astronomy, gravimetry, geophysics, geodesy). Corresponding member of the Academy of Science since 1929. Free-lance observer in the Pulkovo Observtory, 1913-1915; astronomer-observer in the Astronomical Observatory of the Leningrad State University, 1915-1925; director of the Calculation Institute and of the Gravimetric and Strometric Departments of the Astromono-Geodesical Institute, 1919-1924; director of the Astronomical Institute, 1924-1936; director of the Main Geophysical Observatory, 1926-1927; professor of the Leningrad State University, 1924-1937.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1890-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79390902

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creatorOf Numerov, B. (Boris), 1891-1941. Papers, ca. 1890-1966. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Numerova, A. B. (Anastasii︠a︡ Borisovna). Oral history interview with A. B. Numerova, 1988 February 4. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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Soviet Union
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Celestial mechanics
Geodetic astronomy
Geomagnetism
Magnetic declination
Stars
Vertical circles
Zenith telescopes
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Birth 1891

Death 1941

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