[time-nuts] Shortt Clock Recent Measurements (Brooke Clarke)

[paul swed]

I stumbled across a paperback copy also and was impressed also. The funding
and wide range of experimentation he did.
Regards
Paul.


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:12 AM, DaveH <info at blackmountainforge.com> wrote:

> A second on the book. Wonderful read. His method for cleaning out an
> optical
> interferometer was delightful.
>
> Also, the 'standard' formal evening dress in that community became what we
> now know as the Tuxedo.
>
> Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
> > [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of johncroos at aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 19:57
> > To: time-nuts at febo.com
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Shortt Clock Recent Measurements
> > (Brooke Clarke)
> >
> > It is not surprising that one can find little about Alfred
> > Loomis. He was notoriously publicity shy and never gave
> > interviews. Before his death he had much of research material
> > disposed of. However the private lab he created at Tuxedo
> > Park NY. was a gathering place for all of the key scientists
> > of his time. He used his considerable fortune to fund the
> > research of promising scientists. If anything was hot in
> > physics in the 30's and early 40's he was there. For example
> > he is in a photo taken at the early Berkley Summer Study
> > where the greats in physics gathered to determine the
> > feasibility of the A-Bomb.
> >
> > He was probably the last of the great "Gentleman Scientists".
> >
> > A great read is "Tuxedo Park...." by Jennet Conant (yep of
> > the same family) first published in 2002.  I read a borrowed
> > copy then.  And with all the discussion about him, I recalled
> > the book. I tried Amazon and just got a Kindle edition. (The
> > amazon listing mentions Oppenheimer, but the book is all
> > about Loomis). Read the reviews if interested.
>
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