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Samuel Pierpoint Langley
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Samuel Pierpoint Langley
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n
United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)
Synonyms:
Langley
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a physicist who studies astronomy
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someone who is the first to think of or make something
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