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Wheatstone, Charles

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x000373 Epithet: scientist; Knight 1868 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00024f ...

Davis, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1845-1921

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Rear admiral, U.S.N. Author of his father's biography, "Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear-Admiral, 1807-1877.". Superintendent of U.S. Naval Observatory, 1897-1902. From the description of Charles Henry Davis letters to Henry Oscar Houghton, Jr. and Houghton Mifflin & Co., [manuscript], 1899 Mar 24 and Apr 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247517738 ...

Hall, Charles Francis

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Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1829) taught astronomy and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Peirce, 1846-1851 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972841 Peirce (A.B. 1829), mathematician and astronomer, was a tutor (1831-1833) and professor (1833-1880) at Harvard University, where he established the Harvard Observatory. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Hamilton, William

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Epithet: KB, Envoy at Naples British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000083 Epithet: of Crieff British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x000211 Epithet: of Add MS 34048 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x0001f9 Epithet: of Add MS 35646 ...

Smith, William Augustus

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Walker, R. J.

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Boyden, Uriah A.

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Sawyer, Edward

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Wurtz, Henry, 1828-1910

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American chemist and editor; graduate of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). From the guide to the Henry Wurtz papers, 1847-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Daboll, C. L.

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Ingalls, James M. (James Monroe), 1837-1927

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Scudder, Samuel Hubbard

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Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1778-1869

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Charles Nicoll Bancker was a merchant and financier. From the description of Family papers, ca.1733-1894. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380101 From the guide to the Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894, 1733-1894, (American Philosophical Society) Merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Charles Nicoll Bancker correspondence, 1803-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123540290 ...

Riggs & Co.

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. On July 19, 1806 Alexander Dallas Bache wa...

Franklin, John, Sir

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Taney, Roger Brooke

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Field, Cyrus W.

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Epithet: projector of the Atlantic cable British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001ae ...

Kane, Elisha Kent

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Epithet: Dr; of the US Navy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0000a7 ...

Patterson, Joseph.

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Dreble, Edwin

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Hunt, B. H.

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Taylor, William B.

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