Total eclipse of the sun photographs collection, 1896-1870.

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Total eclipse of the sun photographs collection, 1896-1870.

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Photographs and other records of joint Army Medical Museum-U.S. Naval Observatory expedition to observe the solar eclipse on August 7, 1869, in Des Moines, Iowa. Includes photographs of the eclipse taken through a telescope, a photo of the telescope, and correspondence and reports, including a published report by Commodore B.F. Sands, superintendent of the Naval Observatory. The Army party was led by Edward Curtis. Photographs by E.J. Ward.

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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library

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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library

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Curtis, Edward, 1838-1912

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United States. Naval Observatory

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Organizational History 1830 Establishment of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, Washington, D.C. 1843 1844 Construction of the observatory on its present site 1846 Publication of the first ...

Sands, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1811-1883

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B.F. Sands served as a navy lieutenant in the Mexican War, participating in operations on the Grijalva River under Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry. He later served in the Civil War and as director of the Naval Observatory, 1867-1874. Sands was made rear admiral in 1871, and he retired in 1874. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1883. From the description of Sketch of the river Tabasco from Devil's Bend to the city : taken from the masthead of the Washington, shewing the march of the f...

Army Medical Museum (U.S.)

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Ward, E. J., clinical photographer

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