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Boris Golitsyn

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Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn was a Russian Empire physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He became a foundational figure in the field of seismology, served as president of the International Seismological Association beginning in 1911, and was elected to the Royal Society in 1916.

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