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2 unusual facts about Sidney H. Liebson


Geiger counter

Modern versions of the Geiger counter use the halogen tube invented in 1947 by Sidney H. Liebson.

Sidney H. Liebson

At a time when electronics had not been able to make measurements with nanosecond accuracy, he developed several techniques to accomplish this accuracy for measuring organic fluorescence decay times and organic scintillation pulse widths by indirect means.


Dhimmitude

Sidney H. Griffith states that it "has come to express the theoretical, social condition" of non-Muslims "under Muslim rule".

Hassan Nemazee

In July 2010 he was convicted of multiple counts of bank fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Sidney H. Stein in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan.

Tangasaurus

Tangasaurus was described and named by Sidney H. Haughton in 1924 who found it to be a probable diapsid reptile that, because of the long, powerful, flattened tail, had become adapted for an aquatic existence.


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