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During the War Professor Sabine, who was in Europe for more than a year beginning with the summer of 1916, made an especial study of problems in aviation, and on his return to this country he was at once taken into the most intimate counsels of the Air Service at Washington. Almost every week until the signing of the armistice he spent at least two or three days in the Government service travelling back and forth between Cambridge and Washington constantly. Frequently he hoped for a respite, but inevitably a telegram would summon him from Cambridge after he had been...
...Professor Wallace Clement Sabine A.M. '88, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy and Director of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, died yesterday morning at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Brookline, following an operation which he underwent on Monday, and from which he failed to rally. Professor Sabine was born in Richwood, Ohio, June 13, 1868. He obtained the degree of A.B. at Ohio State University in 1886, and the degree of A.M. at Harvard in 1888. In 1889 he became an assistant in physics in the University, in 1890 an instructor, in 1895 an assistant professor...
...Brown University conferred upon him the degree of D.Sc., and in 1914 the degree of S.D. was conferred upon him by the University. Professor Sabine was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S., and a member of the American Physical Society. He was the author of a number of scientific volumes and texts including, "Laboratory Course in Physical Measurements," and "Architectural Acoustics...
...academic year 1916-17 Professor Sabine went to the University of Paris as Exchange Professor. It was there in France that he performed services for the Allies in connection with the War which were of incalculable value. An expert on sound, he was asked by the French Government to experiment with sounding devices. In this connection, he made experimental flights in aeroplanes and went below the sea on a French submarine. He also invented a most successful sounding device for locating artillery, which has been used to a large extent by the Allied Armies with excellent results...
Upon his return to America, Professor Sabine was frequently called to Washington, where he aided other Government experts in a number of War inventions and had a part in the development of the Liberty Motor...