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Life started
After graduating from Harvard College in 1859 he spent one year with field parties of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. -
School Info!
On the other hand Peirce entered himself into the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, in 1863, where and when he graduated summa cum laude in chemistry. -
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Peirce was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences -
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Gravimetric Survey continued.
The need to make accurate measurements of lengths in his pendulum researches, in turn, led him to make a pioneer determination of the length of the metre in terms of a wavelength of light (1877–79). Between 1873 and 1886 Peirce conducted pendulum experiments at about 20 stations in Europe and the United States and (through deputies) at several other places, including Grinnell Land in the Canadian Arctic. -
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Trusted father!
Charles father entrusted him for a project for him to lead on his very own for Peirce to put his twist and thoughts on it. Gravimetric survey of North America was directed toward a more precise determination of the Earth’s ellipticity. This was the project that Charles was to supervise. In pursuit of this project, Peirce contributed to the theory and practice of pendulum swinging by trying to measure the force of gravity. -
National Academy of Sciences
Became a member -
Award Won!
Due to his information and work on the gravimetric survey, recognition for himself and the survey he was awarded.