Edwin Henry Barton lived from 1858 to 1925.
Sources
- Barton's pendulums (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/69BED26DC9B2FD2C7063D9F0A2D458DE/S0370164600051713a.pdf/barton-edwin-henry-dsc-frs.pdf (cambridge.org)
- https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb159-btn (archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk)
- https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F54711 (discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk)
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