Honors
The Coblentz Society, dedicated to the understanding and application of vibrational spectroscopy, is named in his honor, as is the Coblentz Medal. In addition, according to Meggers' biographical sketch, Coblentz was given membership card number 1 from the Society. Coblentz died just before his 1905 work on infrared spectroscopy was reprinted, nearly 60 years after its first publication.
Among the awards Coblentz received were the 1920 Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences), the Rumford Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Howard N. Potts Medal of the Franklin Institute. In 1945, shortly after retiring, Coblentz received the Frederic Ives Medal by the OSA.
Coblentz also was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Howard N. Potts Medal in 1910.
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