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Lyman James Briggs was born on May 7, 1874 in Assyria, Michigan, the son of Chauncey Lewis Briggs, a farmer, and Isabella McKelvey.
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Excerpt from The Wilting Coefficient for Different Plants and Its Indirect Determination Two independent variables enter into the determination Of the wilting coefficient: (1) The moisture retentiveness of the Soil used and (2) the kind of plant used as an indicator. Any determination is therefore to be considered as the wilting coefficient Of the particular soil employed for the particular plant used as an indicator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Lyman James Briggs was born on May 7, 1874 in Assyria, Michigan, the son of Chauncey Lewis Briggs, a farmer, and Isabella McKelvey.
Lyman received his early education at the Briggs District School, so named because it stood on land donated by his father. From there he went directly to State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in East Lansing, where he received the B. S. in 1893. He earned the M. S. at the University of Michigan in 1895 and the Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1901.
In 1896, Briggs joined the staff of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the start of nearly fifty years in government service. During his time at the department, he established the science of soil physics. His research dealt particularly with the effect of climate on the quantity of water required for a crop, the relative water retentivity of soil, and the lower limit of water in soil available to plants.
In 1906 he organized the biophysical laboratory in the Bureau of Plant Industry, where he carried out basic studies of environmental factors in water requirements of plants. Working at the Department of Agriculture until 1920, Briggs made important contributions in the application of physics to agriculture.
In 1917 he was assigned to the National Bureau of Standards for research on a stable zenith instrument for the United States Navy. Three years later he became chief of the Mechanics and Sound Division. Here he and Paul Heyl invented the earth inductor compass, an instrument that solved perplexing navigational problems. For this invention the American Philosophical Society awarded them the Magellan Medal in 1922. At Mechanics and Sound, Briggs gave special attention to research in air flow.
Working with Hugh L. Dryden, he made pioneer measurements of flow around airfoils at speeds up to and beyond that of sound. His findings were applied in the designing of the blade form of airplane propellers. Briggs's interest in the problems of designing apparatus resulted in the creation of specialized equipment at the National Bureau of Standards, including a machine for floating specimens to be tested for metal fatigue on a layer of compressed air and another for measuring forces exerted on an elastic ball when it is struck. He also planned and designed the instruments carried on two stratospheric balloon flights sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1934 and 1935.
In 1932, Briggs was nominated director of the National Bureau of Standards by President Herbert Hoover, but the administration changed before the Senate took action. President Franklin Roosevelt repeated the nomination, explaining, "I haven't the slightest idea whether Dr. Briggs is a Republican or a Democrat; all I know is that he is the best qualified man for the job. " Briggs served as director until his retirement in 1945.
He was also active in professional organizations, serving as president of the American Physical Society in 1938. In October 1939, Roosevelt asked Briggs to organize and chair the first government committee to investigate possible military use of atomic energy. This secret advisory committee on uranium reported the possibility of producing an atomic bomb. In 1940 the group became a subcommittee of the National Defense Research Committee. Late in 1941, Briggs's subcommittee was made part of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. In 1948, President Harry Truman awarded Briggs the Medal of Merit for his work relating to atomic fission. Briggs's scientific interests were far-reaching.
From 1933, when he joined the board of trustees of the National Geographic Society, he was involved in diverse projects of the society. As chairman of its research committee (1934 - 1960), he helped to formulate plans for expeditions in many parts of the world. He was active in directing National Geographic Society studies of solar eclipses, including an expedition to Siberia in 1936 and two to Brazil in 1940 and 1947.
During the 1947 field trip Briggs measured temperature changes of air near the surface of the earth at the time of eclipse. Cosmic-ray research, a continuing project of the society, was also one of his interests. Briggs was due to retire from the Bureau of Standards during World War II but was asked to remain at his post until the end of the war. After retirement he retained a laboratory and continued research until his death in Washington, D. C. Briggs published more than sixty articles in scientific, government, and popular publications. In tribute to his accomplishments, the May 1954 issue of Scientific Monthly was devoted to his work as an eightieth-birthday present.
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He was a member of the following organizations: the National Geographic Society, the American Physical Society, the American Philosophical Society, the Cosmos Club of Washington, D. C.
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President Franklin Roosevelt repeated the nomination, explaining, "I haven't the slightest idea whether Dr. Briggs is a Republican or a Democrat; all I know is that he is the best qualified man for the job. "
Briggs was almost universally liked, and had a reputation for even headedness and serenity. Edward U. Condon, Briggs' successor at the Bureau said: "Briggs should always be remembered as one of the great figures in Washington during the first half of the century, when the Federal Government was slowly and stumblingly groping towards a realization of the important role science must play in the full future development of human society. "
Briggs married Katharine Elizabeth Cook, a fellow graduate of State Agricultural College, on December 23, 1896. They had two children.