Ricardo Cirera
Ricardo Cirera Salse (Os de Balaguer, 1864-Barcelona, August 1932) was a geomagnetist who conducted the first geomagnetic survey of the Philippines and who founded the El Ebro Observatory in Roquetes (1904), Catalonia, Spain.[1][2] He was a member of the Society of Jesus.[2] He was involved in the founding of the popular science magazine Ibérica.[1] Due to his work Cirera was given the Alfonso XII Grand Cross of Civil Merit by the Infanta Isabel de Borbón on 7 November 1914.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Pascual Bolufer (2011). "Science and technology in the 20th century as seen through the journal Ibérica (1914–2003)". Contributions to Science. 7 (2): 185–190. doi:10.2436/20.7010.01.125.
- ^ a b Maria Genescà-Sitjes (2013). "Ibérica magazine (1913–2004) and the Ebro Observatory". Contributions to Science. 9 (9): 159–168. doi:10.2436/20.7010.01.175.
External links
[edit]- Web of the Ebro Observatory (available in English)
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