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Stewart, Balfour

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Physicist, born in Edinburgh; after finishing his university curriculum went to Australia and engaged for some time in business; returned to England; became director at Kew Observatory, and professor of Natural Philosophy at Owens College, Manchester; made discoveries in radiant heat, and was one of the founders of spectrum analysis (q. v .); published text-books on physics, in wide repute (1828-1887).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Stewart, Balfour'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/stewart-balfour.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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