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Van Vleck

American  
[van vlek] / væn ˈvlɛk /

noun

  1. John H(asbrouck) 1899–1980, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1977.


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Van Vleck and fellow clubhouse manager Chris DeWitt figured out a plan to transport the trident.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Returning to Harvard for graduate work, he studied the effects of pressure on the broadening of spectral lines, mentored by John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, one of those with whom he shared the Nobel prize.

From Nature • Apr. 30, 2020

Cattle graze on hay in a landscape that would normally be covered in green grass on the Van Vleck Ranch in Rancho Murieta, California, Feb. 12, 2014.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2015

Today, at 31, Robinson handles clients that run the gamut from start-up companies to Fortune 500 firms at Van Vleck Turner & Zaller, also in L.A.

From Time • Oct. 8, 2014

Carter Van Vleck, then lieutenant colonel, was promoted to colonel of the regiment, a change that pleased not only the line officers but the men as well.

From Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville by Robbins, Edward Mott

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