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76:'s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and William Charles Bauer's brother. Immediately after completing his undergraduate degree in June 1904, Ault joined the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) as a magnetic observer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. He remained a CIW employee for the rest of his life. In 1905, after preliminary training aboard the 118:
s Cruise IV included a circumnavigation of Antartica in 1915–1916. The Aults' second daughter Ruth was born in 1919. In 1919 he embarked on Cruise VI. In 1920 the infant Ruth died suddenly from colitis. J. P. Ault nearly resigned to return home to be with his wife, but his colleagues persuaded him to
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he was a magnetic observer during Cruise I from 1909 to 1910. During 1911 he did office work at CIW headquarters. In 1912 he was in charge of field parties in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile for the purpose of training magnetic observers under expeditionary field conditions. In 1912 the Aults' first
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He died with all his collaborators with the exception of a few sailors who went ashore, in circumstances that remained unexplained when the ship exploded on November 29, 1929 at the port of Apia in the Samoa Islands. A gas tank is said to have exploded. Very seriously injured, he died during
94:, he married Mamie A. Totten. Soon after their marriage, the Aults moved to Washington, D.C. In 1908 he made geomagnetic observations in the Canadian interior during a three-month canoe trip, covering 1,600 miles. 633:
Pritchett, Henry S.; Campbell, W. W.; ——; Adams, Walter S. (September 13, 1929). "The Second Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Research in the Carnegie Institution of Washington".
72:. William Charles Bauer, a physics and chemistry professor at Baker University, was impressed by Ault's abilities and gave him a recommendation to Louis Agricola Bauer, director of the 134: 1152: 1082: 983: 792: 458:"Report on magnetic and electric observations by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in connection with the total solar eclipse of January 24, 1925" 153:. His papers stored at the Carnegie Institution include an extensive correspondence between him and his wife. He is buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery in 933: 65: 1157: 1147: 673:"Preliminary values of the annual changes of the magnetic elements in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, as determined from the 1142: 1137: 1132: 1029: 44:, he discovered submarine mountain ranges off the western coast of South America and provided empirical confirmation of the 991: 800: 138: 77: 598:"Preliminary values of the annual changes of the magnetic elements in the North Atlantic Ocean, as determined from the 64:. As an undergraduate at Baker University, he served from January 1901 to June 1904 as an observatory assistant in the 150: 142: 964: 130: 565:"Notes on trip from Balboa, Canal Zone, to Easter Island, to Callao, Peru, October 25, 1928 to January 14, 1929" 34:) was an American geodetic surveyor, geophysicist, geomagnetic researcher, and captain of the research vessel 713: 672: 597: 564: 527: 490: 457: 424: 391: 354: 317: 280: 243: 206: 173: 90:, he was assigned to make magnetic observations in northern Mexico until March 1907. On March 27, 1907 in 86:
to do geomagnetic research in the world's oceans. In November 1906 at the conclusion of the cruise of the
941: 1013: 762:. Researches of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Volume V. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 359:
from Lyttelton to Tahiti, Fanning Island, San Francisco, and Honolulu, November, 1920, to April, 1921"
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publiΓ©e sous la direction de L.-H. Parias, Paris, Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1957, p. 66
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s captaincy for Cruise III and in later years the captaincy for Cruises IV, VI, and VII.
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Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C
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from Lyttelton, New Zealand to South Georgia, December 6, 1915, to January 12, 1916"
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from St. Helena to Cape Town and thence to Colombo, Ceylon, April to June, 1920"
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on a cruise from Baltimore to Panama, he joined the crew of the research vessel
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complete Cruise VI. The Aults' third daughter Marjorie was born in 1923.
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during her sub-Antractic cruise, December 6, 1915, to April 1, 1916"
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J. Harland Paul, a surgeon and observer aboard Cruise VII of the
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The Baker Orange (The Student News Site of Baker University)
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daughter Evelyn was born. He was appointed in 1914 to the
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Carnegie Institution of Washington (carnegiescience.edu)
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
759:Ocean Magnetic and Electric Observations 1915-1921 896:Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity 819: 817: 528:"Program of scientific work on cruise VII of the 718:from Hawaii to Samoa, October to November, 1929" 16:American surveyor and ocean explorer (1881–1929) 825:"James "Percy" Ault, Explorer and Adventurer" 671:——; FΓ­sk, H. W. (December 1929). 8: 934:"Inside the last journey of the 'Carnegie'" 885: 883: 881: 756:Ault, James Percy; Mauchly, S. J. (1926). 129:Ault was elected in 1923 a fellow of the 60:Ault graduated in 1904 with an A.B. from 1153:Fellows of the American Physical Society 1106:. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. 927: 925: 786: 784: 782: 780: 778: 776: 499:Transactions, American Geophysical Union 429:Transactions, American Geophysical Union 145:, Chevy Chase Citizens Association, the 772: 526:Fleming, J. A.; —— (1928). 97:In 1909 he graduated with an A.M. from 66:United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1021: 873:Histoire Universelle des Explorations 7: 855:No. 220, 1930, p. 447-448. 390:——; Fisk, H. W. (1924). 172:Ault, J. P.; Wallis, W. F. (1913). 14: 1103:Who's who in the Nation's Capital 965:"Captain goes down with his ship" 932:Irvine, Jessica (March 8, 2022). 677:results, 1909–1929, and from the 126:, wrote a book about the cruise. 791:Hargrove, Charles (March 2004). 1045:The Last Cruise of the Carnegie 1015:The Last Cruise of the Carnegie 832:Beginnings of Baker (baker.edu) 722:Journal of Geophysical Research 685:Journal of Geophysical Research 606:Journal of Geophysical Research 569:Journal of Geophysical Research 536:Journal of Geophysical Research 462:Journal of Geophysical Research 396:Journal of Geophysical Research 363:Journal of Geophysical Research 326:Journal of Geophysical Research 289:Journal of Geophysical Research 252:Journal of Geophysical Research 215:Journal of Geophysical Research 178:Journal of Geophysical Research 963:Servaes, Courtney (May 2008). 1: 1043:G., J. S. (1933). "Review of 892:"James Percy Ault, 1881-1929" 596:—— (March 1929). 563:—— (March 1929). 139:American Geographical Society 423:—— (July 1925). 656:10.1126/science.70.1811.243 151:National Geographic Society 68:'s magnetic observatory in 52:transport to the hospital. 1174: 1158:People from Olathe, Kansas 1148:Columbia University alumni 1028:: CS1 maint: postscript ( 143:American Geophysical Union 1087:American Physical Society 1012:Paul, J. Harland (1932). 982:Snyder, Jennifer (2004). 133:. He was a member of the 131:American Physical Society 890:Harradon, H. D. (1929). 1143:Baker University alumni 1138:American oceanographers 916:10.1029/TE034i004p00273 742:10.1029/TE035i001p00017 712:—— (1930). 705:10.1029/TE034i004p00292 626:10.1029/TE034i001p00031 589:10.1029/TE034i001p00026 556:10.1029/TE033i001p00001 519:10.1029/TR008i001p00198 489:—— (1927). 482:10.1029/TE030i003p00125 449:10.1029/TR006i001p00075 416:10.1029/TE029i004p00157 383:10.1029/TE026i001p00015 353:—— (1921). 346:10.1029/TE025i003p00117 316:—— (1920). 309:10.1029/TE024i003p00132 279:—— (1919). 272:10.1029/TE022i004p00183 242:—— (1917). 235:10.1029/TE021i001p00026 205:—— (1916). 198:10.1029/TE018i003p00126 1133:American geophysicists 1047:by J. Harland Paul". 853:Annales de gΓ©ographie 161:Selected publications 26:– November 29, 1929, 1083:"APS Fellow Archive" 869:Γ‰poque contemporaine 74:Carnegie Institution 40:. 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Olathe, Kansas
Apia
Samoa
Carnegie
Chandler wobble
Baker University
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Baldwin, Kansas
Carnegie Institution
Bache
Washington, Kansas
Columbia University
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geographical Society
American Geophysical Union
Cosmos Club
National Geographic Society
Brentwood, Maryland
"Halley's observations of the magnetic declination, 1698–1700"
Bibcode
1913TeMAE..18..126A
doi
10.1029/TE018i003p00126
"Cruise of the Carnegie from Lyttelton, New Zealand to South Georgia, December 6, 1915, to January 12, 1916"
Bibcode
1916TeMAE..21...26A
doi
10.1029/TE021i001p00026
"Sea surface-temperature and meteorological observations made on the Carnegie during her sub-Antractic cruise, December 6, 1915, to April 1, 1916"

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