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Henry Kater
Born(1777-04-16)16 April 1777
Bristol, Great Britain
Died26 April 1835(1835-04-26) (aged 58)
NationalityEnglish
AwardsCopley Medal (1817)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1831)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Henry Kater FRS, FRAS (16 April 1777 – 26 April 1835) was a British physicist of German descent.

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Henry Kater

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Henry Kater FRS, FRAS (16 April 1777 – 26 April 1835) was a British physicist of German descent. He was born at Bristol. At first he intended to study...

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Kater

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Kater, besides meaning tomcat or hangover in Dutch and German, is the surname of the following people: Fritz Kater, German trade unionist Henry Kater...

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Pendulum

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the old pivot point. In 1817 Henry Kater used this idea to produce a type of reversible pendulum, now known as a Kater pendulum, for improved measurements...

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Collimator

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beam to become smaller (beam limiting device). The English physicist Henry Kater was the inventor of the floating collimator, which rendered a great service...

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Henry Kater Peninsula

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The Henry Kater Peninsula (69°23′N 068°03′W / 69.383°N 68.050°W / 69.383; -68.050 (Henry Kater Peninsula)) is a peninsula on northern Baffin Island...

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Charcot Bay

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Bay)) is a bay about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the Davis Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Charcot...

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Murchison Promontory

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List of peninsulas

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Brodeur Peninsula Cumberland Peninsula Foxe Peninsula Hall Peninsula Henry Kater Peninsula Meta Incognita Peninsula Siorarsuk Peninsula Steensby Peninsula...

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Dionysius Lardner

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geometry, heat, hydrostatics and pneumatics, mechanics (in conjunction with Henry Kater) and electricity (in conjunction with C.V. Walker). The Cabinet Library...

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Norman William Kater

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Council. He was born into a socially prominent rural family. His father Henry Kater also was a member of the Legislative Council, and his grandfather William...

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Copley Medal

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Andrews. Archived from the original on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2009-02-05. "Henry Kater (1777–1835), Scientist". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the...

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Boothia Peninsula

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then on its western side. He also crossed west to King William Island. Henry Larsen's second successful traverse of the Northwest Passage passed through...

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History of geodesy

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neither Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, its inventor, nor Henry Kater who used it in 1818 brought the improvements which would result from...

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Floating collimator

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observations. It was invented by the English physicist and astronomer Captain Henry Kater about 1825. His collimator was meant to replace a level, or plumb-line...

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Melville Peninsula

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Colin Archer Cook Cumberland Darling Fosheim Foxe Grinnell Hall Hay Heim Henry Kater Hewett Imiligaarjuit Johan Judge Daly Kleybolte Knud Levvel Liddon Lindstrom...

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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1830 Johann Franz Encke William Richardson 1831 Marie-Charles Damoiseau Henry Kater 1832 No award 1833 George Biddell Airy 1834 No award 1835 Manuel J. Johnson...

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Hector Pitchforth

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landing in Frobisher Bay and continuing up the Davis Strait to Cape Henry Kater on the east side of Baffin Island. Pitchforth stayed in Baffin for the...

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Adelaide Peninsula

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Colin Archer Cook Cumberland Darling Fosheim Foxe Grinnell Hall Hay Heim Henry Kater Hewett Imiligaarjuit Johan Judge Daly Kleybolte Knud Levvel Liddon Lindstrom...

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67th meridian west

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/ 69.400°N 67.000°W / 69.400; -67.000 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut — Henry Kater Peninsula, Baffin Island 69°11′N 67°0′W / 69.183°N 67.000°W / 69.183;...

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1817 in science

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secretly by Poles at the Imperial University of Vilnius. Copley Medal: Henry Kater January 29 – William Ferrel (died 1891), American meteorologist. February...

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Cape Fullerton

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Colin Archer Cook Cumberland Darling Fosheim Foxe Grinnell Hall Hay Heim Henry Kater Hewett Imiligaarjuit Johan Judge Daly Kleybolte Knud Levvel Liddon Lindstrom...

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Scientific phenomena named after people

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Kuhn and Albert W. Tucker Kasha's rule – Michael Kasha Kater's pendulum – Captain Henry Kater Kaye effect – Alan Kaye Keeling curve – Charles David Keeling...

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Cumberland Peninsula

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Colin Archer Cook Cumberland Darling Fosheim Foxe Grinnell Hall Hay Heim Henry Kater Hewett Imiligaarjuit Johan Judge Daly Kleybolte Knud Levvel Liddon Lindstrom...

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