William Bell Cartmel

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Education:

• Bachelor of Science (1900) - Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Years Employed: 1907 - 1911

Faculty: Science

Department: Physics & Electrical Engineering

Position(s) held:

• Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering (1907 - 1911)

Activities/Contributions:

Notes: Held a fellowship at Harvard before coming to teach at UNB. Gave the Address in Praise of Founders at Encoenia, 1911 In 1936 Cartmel challenged Einstein's theory of relativity at a joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.

Sources:

• University Monthly, vol. 26, no. 7-8, May-June 1907, p. 255.
• University Monthly, vol. 27, no. 1, November 1907, p. 17.
• University Monthly, vol. 30, no. 6, April 1911, p. 294.
• UA Case 77.

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