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Noun: Samuel Pierpont Langley
  1. United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906)
    - Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley

Type of: artificer, astronomer, discoverer, inventor, stargazer [informal], uranologist

Encyclopedia: Samuel Pierpont Langley