astronomy

Outram Bangs

Outram Bangs is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Outram Bangs rather than just read about it. In short: Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American zoologist. Biography Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs.

Key takeaways

Outram Bangs belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Outram Bangs to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Outram Bangs from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American zoologist.

Biography

Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs. He studied at Harvard from 1880 to 1884, and became Curator of Mammals at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1900.

He visited Jamaica in 1906 and collected over 100 birds there, but his trip was cut short by dengue fever. His collection of over 10,000 mammalian skins and skulls, including over 100 type specimens, was presented to Harvard College in 1899. In 1908 his collection of over 24,000 bird skins was presented to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and he went on to increase it. In 1925 he went to Europe, visiting museums and ornithologists and arranging scientific exchanges. He wrote over 70 books and articles, 55 of them on mammals ... He died at his summer home at Wareham, Massachusetts.

Works "The Florida Deer", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10:25–28 (1896) The hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia American Ornithologists' Union, New York (1899) "The Florida Puma", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:15–17. (1899) "The Mammals and Birds of the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama", Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 46 (8) : 137–160 (1905) with John Eliot Thayer "Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia", New England Zoological Club, Proceedings, 5 : 1–66 (1914) with Glover Morrill Allen and J. E. Thayer "A Collection of Birds from the Cayman Islands", Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 60:301–320 (1916)

Associated eponyms Bangsia – Tanager genus Grallaria bangsi – Santa Marta antpitta Syntheosciurus brochus – Bangs's mountain squirrel

References

External links Works by Outram Bangs at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Outram Bangs at the Internet Archive

Illustrations

Outram Bangs: As a Harvard undergraduate — As a Harvard undergraduate

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Outram Bangs

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Outram Bangs claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Outram Bangs before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Outram Bangs ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Outram Bangs

In research: Outram Bangs appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Outram Bangs in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Outram Bangs is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1863 births, 1932 deaths, 19th-century American zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Outram Bangs outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Outram Bangs in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Outram Bangs means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Outram Bangs out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Outram Bangs in simple terms?

Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American zoologist. Biography Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs.

Why does Outram Bangs matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Outram Bangs?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Outram Bangs.