Son
Son names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Son an American astronomer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
an American astronomer; born near JACK- Montgomery City, Mo., Feb. 19, 1866; was graduated at the University of Missouri in 1889, and at the University of Berlin in 1892; was in charge of the observatory of the University of Missouri in 1887- 1889; had charge of and aided in the organization of the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago in 1893-1896; was astronomer of tory during the survey of the Southern the Lowell Observaheavens in 1896-1898; became Professor of Mathematics in the United States Naval Academy in 1899; and in December of that year took charge of the 26-inch equatorial telescope of the United States Naval Observatory, Naval Academy 1899- 1902. From 1903 he was in charge of the Naval Observatory, Mare Island, Cal. He completed about 45 orbits of double stars; was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society ; member of the American Philosophical Society; the American Mathematical Society, the Astronomische Gesellschaft, etc.; and was the author of numerous astronomical papers and books, including "Researches on the Evolution of the Stellar Systems," and "The Evolution of the Double -star Systems."
Son an American naval officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
an American naval officer, born in Greensboro, N. C., in 1868. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1887, and became an ensign in 1889. He saw service in Korea, where, in 1896, he assisted in protecting the life of the Emperor of Korea, who had sought refuge in the Russian Legation. During the Spanish-American War he served on the "Topeka." He was promoted to be commander in 1909, and captain in 1914. In 1916 he was appointed captain of the "Delaware," and took part in the operations of the Grand Fleet in the North Sea, following the entry of the United States into the World War. He commanded the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and in 1919 was appointed superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Both entries are fragments of longer names broken by the scanning of Collier's 1921 text; the astronomer described is Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, and the naval officer answers in every detail to Archibald Henderson Scales of Greensboro, North Carolina. Collier's treats See respectfully as the Mare Island astronomer and author of Researches on the Evolution of the Stellar Systems, which was his standing in 1921; his later reputation did not survive, as his capture theory of the Moon's origin and his loud public attacks on Einstein's relativity left him isolated from professional astronomy long before his death at Mare Island in 1962. Scales, whom the 1921 account catches in office, served as superintendent of the Naval Academy until 1921 and retired as a rear admiral. Little of See's theoretical work is cited today, though his double-star orbit measurements were solid observational labour.
Written for this edition, 2026.