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288: 44: 73:(1909–1915). As well as his academic career he was conscripted into the army in both World War I (1918–1919) and World War II (1941–1944) as major, in the 172: 198: 74: 228: 35:, especially known for the experimental detection of the radiation pressure exerted by light which he achieved in 1903. 238: 208: 50:
He attended Toronto University where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1892 and became a Fellow in physics,
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and was later a professor of physics there at Colby College. Thereafter (1899–1940), he taught physics at
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He married Wilhelmine Brandt on September 5, 1911. He had one son, Gordon Ferrie Hull, Jr.
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Schagrin, Morton L. (1974). "Early Observations and Calculations on Light Pressure".
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Hull began his career in 1890-1891 as a teacher of mathematics and science at
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He is especially famous for his 1903 experiment conducted with
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exerted by a beam of light. The apparatus is now known as the
289:Photo of Gordon Ferrie Hull at Life magazine, 1937 98:Hull died on October 7, 1956, his 86th birthday. 57:Hull earned his 1897 doctorate of physics at the 301: 87:in which they were the first to demonstrate the 126: 65:. In addition, he had a research position at 156: 154: 152: 150: 148: 27:– October 7, 1956) was a Canadian-American 223: 252: 145: 133:. Annalen der Physik. pp. 225–263. 302: 230:A Dictionary of the History of Science 196: 75:United States Army Ordnance Department 233:. Informa Health Care. p. 180. 13: 69:(1905–1906) and taught physics at 14: 331: 282: 200:Physics before and after Einstein 127:Nichols, E. F.; Hull, GF (1903). 294:The Papers of Gordon Ferrie Hull 161:Hull papers at Dartmouth College 120: 101: 217: 190: 165: 1: 197:Capria, Marco Mamone (2005). 138: 45:Hamilton Collegiate Institute 296:at Dartmouth College Library 7: 255:American Journal of Physics 10: 336: 203:. IOS Press. p. 26. 114:Elementary Modern Physics 130:About Radiation pressure 108:Survey of Modern Physics 38: 59:University of Chicago 52:University of Toronto 177:Publications index H 67:Cambridge University 19:(October 7, 1870 in 320:American physicists 267:1974AmJPh..42..927S 71:Columbia University 93:Nichols radiometer 89:radiation pressure 85:Ernest Fox Nichols 17:Gordon Ferrie Hull 275:10.1119/1.1987899 63:Dartmouth College 327: 278: 245: 244: 225:Sebastian, Anton 221: 215: 214: 194: 188: 187: 185: 184: 169: 163: 158: 134: 335: 334: 330: 329: 328: 326: 325: 324: 300: 299: 285: 261:(11): 927–940. 249: 248: 241: 222: 218: 211: 195: 191: 182: 180: 171: 170: 166: 159: 146: 141: 123: 104: 41: 21:Garnet, Ontario 12: 11: 5: 333: 323: 322: 317: 312: 298: 297: 291: 284: 283:External links 281: 280: 279: 247: 246: 239: 216: 209: 189: 164: 143: 142: 140: 137: 136: 135: 122: 119: 118: 117: 111: 103: 100: 40: 37: 31:, teacher and 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 332: 321: 318: 316: 313: 311: 308: 307: 305: 295: 292: 290: 287: 286: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 251: 250: 242: 240:1-85070-418-X 236: 232: 231: 226: 220: 212: 210:1-58603-462-6 206: 202: 201: 193: 178: 174: 168: 162: 157: 155: 153: 151: 149: 144: 132: 131: 125: 124: 115: 112: 109: 106: 105: 99: 96: 94: 90: 86: 81: 78: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 55: 53: 48: 46: 36: 34: 30: 29:mathematician 26: 22: 18: 258: 254: 229: 219: 199: 192: 181:. Retrieved 179:. IEEE. 2009 176: 167: 129: 121:Bibliography 113: 107: 102:Publications 97: 82: 79: 56: 54:1892-1895 . 49: 42: 16: 15: 315:1956 deaths 310:1870 births 47:, Ontario. 304:Categories 183:2009-06-11 139:References 33:physicist 227:(2001). 263:Bibcode 237:  207:  116:(1948) 110:(1936) 25:Canada 235:ISBN 205:ISBN 39:Life 271:doi 306:: 269:. 259:42 257:. 175:. 147:^ 77:. 23:, 277:. 273:: 265:: 243:. 213:. 186:.

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Garnet, Ontario
Canada
mathematician
physicist
Hamilton Collegiate Institute
University of Toronto
University of Chicago
Dartmouth College
Cambridge University
Columbia University
United States Army Ordnance Department
Ernest Fox Nichols
radiation pressure
Nichols radiometer
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Hull papers at Dartmouth College
"H071 HULL, GORDON FERRIE, 1870-1956 Dartmouth College Library (Hanover, NH)"
Physics before and after Einstein
ISBN
1-58603-462-6
Sebastian, Anton
A Dictionary of the History of Science
ISBN
1-85070-418-X
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