Barus
CARL, an American physicist, born in Cincinnati in 1856. He was educated at Columbia University and in Germany, and he took post-graduate courses at Brown and Clark universities.
He served in various departments of the United States Government as physicist and became, in 1895, professor of physics at Brown University. From 1903 he was dean of the graduate department of that university. He was awarded the Rumford Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for researches in heat.
He was a member of many important commissions on chemical subjects, and was a member also of many scientific societies. His writings include "Compressibility of Liquids" (1892); "Condensation of Atmospheric Moisture" (1895); "Diffusion of Gases through Liquids" (1913).