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Margaret Eliza Maltby

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American physicist (1860-1944)

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Margaret Eliza Maltby was an American physicist notable for her measurement of high electrolytic resistances and the conductivity of very dilute solutions. D. in physics from any German university.

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Margaret Maltby (center) with her sisters Betsy (Maltby) Mayhew and Martha Jane Maltby, 1892Margaret Maltby (center) with her sisters Betsy (Maltby) Mayhew and Martha Jane Maltby, 1892Maltby at the time of her retirement[9]Maltby at the time of her retirement[9]Maltby with her son Philip Randolph Meyer, home from flight training at Kelly Field, circa 1918Maltby with her son Philip Randolph Meyer, home from flight training at Kelly Field, circa 1918

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Margaret Eliza Maltby was an American physicist notable for her measurement of high electrolytic resistances and the conductivity of very dilute solutions. Maltby was the first woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from any German university.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1860 to 1944 · aged 83
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