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Nobel Prize Certificate and Medal:
In November 1907, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences determined to award Michelson the Nobel Prize in Physics for "his precision optical instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological [sic] investigation conducted therewith." Michelson received the certificate and gold medal at ceremonies in Stockholm on December 10, 1907.
Over a long career, which began at the Naval Academy, Michelson received more than fifteen medals and prizes and twelve honorary degrees. Among the medals are these:
(2) Franklin Medal, 1923: The Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, was "awarded to those workers in physical science or technology, ... [who] have done most to advance knowledge of physical science or its applications."
(3) Elliot Cresson Medal, 1912: Awarded by the Franklin Institute for investigations in physical optics. |