Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22 1834, Roxbury, Massachusetts (near Boston) - February 27 1906, Aiken, South Carolina) was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation. He graduated from Boston Latin School, was an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, then became chair of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy. Wikipedia
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Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor, and aviation pioneer who designed what he hoped would be the first powered, piloted, heavier-than-air aircraft. cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/1547/samuel-pierpont-langley
