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WAIT, George Ray

Born Chase, Kansas, U.S.A., 7 September 1886; died Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 9 April 1953. Education, Kansas State Teachers College (B.S. 1914) and State University of Iowa (M.S. 1917, Ph.D. 1920). Assistant instructor, Kansas State Teachers College, 1913-14. Science teacher, North Dakota, 1914-16. Research physicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1920-51; Observer-in-charge, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory, 1921-24.
  1. Earthquake records, Watheroo magnetograms, October 1921 - June 1922. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 27 (1922), 126-127.
  2. Earthquake records, Watheroo magnetograms, November, 1921. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 27 (1922), 167.
  3. Magnetic and atmospheric-electric disturbances and auroral displays, Western Australia, January 1923. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 28 (1923), 49.
  4. The work and equipment of the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory. Proceedings of the 2nd Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 1923, vol. 1, pp.505-509.
  5. Records of earthquakes and of principal magnetic storms at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in 1923. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 29 (1924), 48.
  6. Records of earthquakes and of principal magnetic storms at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory, Western Australia, from January to March 1924. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 29 (1924), 128.
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