- John
Serson (died 1744) was an
English sea
captain best
known for his
invention of a "whirling speculum". This was an
early form of
artificial horizon...
- Joan
Mowat Erikson (born
Sarah Lucretia Serson; June 27, 1903 –
August 3, 1997) was a
Canadian author, educator, craftsperson, and
dance ethnographer....
-
earned credentials for his life's work. In 1930
Erikson married Joan
Mowat Serson, a
Canadian dancer and
artist whom
Erikson had met at a
dress ball. During...
- gyroscopes, or
spinning tops, date back to the 1740s,
including the work of John
Serson.
Later implementations, also
known as
bubble horizons, were
based on bubble...
-
similar to a
gyroscope (the "Whirling Speculum" or "
Serson's Speculum") was
invented by John
Serson in 1743. It was used as a level, to
locate the horizon...
- 1903. The
third observation was by
Canadian government scientists Paul
Serson and Jack Clark, of the
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, who
found the...
- Ward Hunt Ice Shelf,
Spring 1982.
Arctic 35542–544. Jeffries, M.O., And
Serson, H. 1983.
Recent Changes At The
Front Of Ward Nwt.
Arctic 36:289-290. Hunt...
- The
Serson Ice
Shelf is a
major ice
shelf on the
northern coast of
Ellesmere Island in
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It
measured approximately 47...
- speculum, This
device can be seen as a
precursor to the
gyroscope – John
Serson ****
propeller –
Francis Pettit Smith The world's
first patent for an underwater...
-
Catherine Jérémie, French-Canadian
botanist (born 1644)
October 4/5 – John
Serson,
English inventor (in
wreck of HMS Victory (1737)) "C/1743 X1". JPL Small-Body...
