Papers, 1918-1920.

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Papers, 1918-1920.

Correspondence with the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y., General Electric internal memoranda, blueprints, and sketches relating to a gyroscopic apparatus (inertial navigation insrument) invented by Abbot and developed by General Electric. Correspondents include L.F. Adams, J.S. Apperson, J.M. Downer, D.B. Rushmore, and J.M. Weed.

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General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

Abbot, C.G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973

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Astronomer, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. From the description of Papers, 1918-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78404538 Charles G. Abbot (1872-1973), the fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, came to the Institution in 1895 as an assistant to Secretary Samuel P. Langley in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In 1907 he was named Director of the Astrophysical Observatory, a position w...