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Robert Bowie Owens
American electrical engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Bowie Owens (October 29, 1870 ā November 3, 1940) was a U.S. electrical engineer. He was the director of the Maryland Academy of Science. He was secretary of Franklin Institute from 1910 to 1924. He is credited as a discoverer of the alpha ray.[1]
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