Physicist
Edward Mills Purcell
Nuclear magnetic resonance, and the twenty one centimetre hydrogen line.
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Felix Bloch for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in liquids and in solids. NMR has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Friends and colleagues knew him as Ed Purcell.
- Born
- 1912-08-30, Taylorville, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1997-03-07, Cambridge, USAA Friday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1912-08-30, Taylorville, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 6°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 9°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 23°43′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 22°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 28°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 6°44′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 3°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 0°08′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 25°04′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 29°53′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1997-03-07, Cambridge, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 17°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 28°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 13°36′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 0°23′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 10°14′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 7°22′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 6°56′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 29°08′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 5°36′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Edward Mills Purcell was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.