James Craig Watson papers 1855-1881

University of Michigan. Astronomy Department

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The first mention of the Department of Astronomy as a unit of the University of Michigan was in 1929 when Will Carly Rufus was named Acting Director of the Observatories and acting Chairman of the Department of Astronomy. It is surmised that the Department was created in that year. During the 1980's, Chairmen of the Department included Robert P. Kirshner and Douglas O. Richstone. Historically, the Department has operated, established, and cooperatively maintained a numbe...

Watson, James C. (James Craig), 1838-1880

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Professor of astronomy and director of the Observatory at University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin. From the description of James Craig Watson papers, 1857-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420391 James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838-November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1850. In 1857, Watson graduated from the University of...

Detroit Observatory

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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Upjohn, William E.

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Watson, Annette Waite.

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Vaughan, Victor C. (Victor Clarence), 1851-1929

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Dean of the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Medical School of University of Michigan. From the description of Victor C. Vaughan papers, 1876-1879 and 1904. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422068 ...

Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885

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The Orford Reef is about six-miles offshore of Paradise Point State Park near Cape Blanco in Curry County, Oregon. From the description of Views of Orford Reef : coast of Oregon / by A.W. Chase, U.S.C.S. [18--?] (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 68136305 From the description of Sketch of tertiary triangulation of Cape Blanco & Orford Reef / by A.W. Chase, sub. asst. ; U.S. Coast Survey, B. Peirce, superintendent. 1869. (Oregon Historical S...

Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901

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Elisha Gray (b. August 2, 1835, Barnesville, OH–d. January 21, 1901, Newtonville, MA) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. He is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois. There is a dispute over the inventor of the telephone: Gray or Alexander Graham Bell. Gray was a prolific inventor and also considered to be the father of the modern music synthesizer. In his lifetime, he was granted over...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...