Lyman James Briggs

Lyman James Briggs ( born May 7, 1874 in Assyria, in Battle Creek, Michigan, † March 25, 1963 ) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator.

Briggs studied at the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and at Johns Hopkins University.

From 1917, officially in 1920, he worked at the National Bureau of Standards. Briggs was assistant director of the NBS 1926 and 1932 director.

Works

Publications along with other people

  • JW McLane, The moisture equivalents of soils USDA Bur. Soils Bull 45 (1907 )
  • JW McLane, Moisture Equivalent Determinations and Their application, Proc. Am. Soc. Agron. 2:138-47. (1910 )
  • HL Shantz, A wax seal method for deterministic mining the lower limit of available soil moisture, Bot Gaz. 51:210-19. (1911)
  • HL Shantz, The wilting coefficient for different plants and its indirect determination, USDA Bur. Plant Ind. Bull 230 (1912 )
  • P. R. Heyl. The earth inductor compass. Proc. Am. Phil Soc. 61:15-32. (1922 )

Publications by Briggs as sole author

  • Summary of the results of the stratosphere flight of the Explorer II Natl. Geogr Soc. Technol. Pap Stratosphere Series. 2:5-12. (1936)
  • NBS War Research: The National Bureau of Standards in World War II NIST archives (1949 )
  • Methods for measuring the coefficient of restitution and the spin of a ball. J. Res Natl. Bur. Stand 34:1-23. (1945 )
  • Lyman J. Briggs, Effect of spin and speed on the lateral deflection (curve) of a baseball and the Magnus effect for smooth spheres. Am. J. Phys. 27:589-96. (1959)
  • Lyman J. Briggs, Limiting negative pressure of water, J. Appl. Phys. 21:721-22. (1950)
  • The limiting negative pressure of mercury in Pyrex glass. J. Appl. Phys. 24:488-90. (1953)
  • Physicist ( 20th century)
  • Americans
  • Man
  • Born in 1874
  • Died in 1963
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