Dioptric Lights for Lighthouses photograph album, ca. 1876.

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Dioptric Lights for Lighthouses photograph album, ca. 1876.

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This album contains twenty-seven black and white photographs that depict a variety of dioptric lights created to illuminate lighthouses throughout the world. Chance Brothers & Co., a glassmaking firm located near Birmingham, England, produced the lights between 1869 and 1876. The company assembled the album in 1876 for Simon Newcomb, a noted 19th century American astronomer and mathematician, who was director of the United States Navy's Nautical Almanac Office.

1 linear ft. (1 v.)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Chance Brothers and Co.

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Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

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American astronomist and political economist. From the description of Typed letter : [Washington, D.C., to the editors of The Critic, Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645229686 American astronomer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1886 Mar. 16-1883 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612661 Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. ...