Background
NIPHER, Francis Eugene: Professor of Physics in Washington University was born on December 10, 1847 in Port Byron, New York. Son of Peter Nipher and Roxalana P. Tilden.
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Francis Eugene: Professor of Physics in Washington University NIPHER
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Studied at State University of Iowa.
Career
Secretary, Academy of Science of St. Louis, 1875-1885. President, 1885-1890. President, St. Louis Engineers’ Club, 1890.
Fellow American Association for Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society. American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia.
Soci6t6 Franjais de Physique. Published many papers in Transactions Academy of Science of St. Louis. Among these are A Method of Measuring Pressure due to Wind at any Point on any Structure.
The Law of Contraction of Gaseous Nebula*. The Evolution of the American Trotting Horse, showing that the equation for speed as a function of time is the same for the family or tribe as for the individual. In 1902 he showed that over-exposed photographic plates which are to reverse, should be developed in the light instead of the dark room. St. Louis, since 1874.
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M. 1873, Matilda Aikins.
