North Carolina Eclipse Expedition of 1900

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Object Details

Subject

Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872

Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Notes

There are addition images of this expedition in Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder 5. See Negative Number a3590 for a more detailed description of the image below.

Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for the year 1900, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901.

Summary

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staff, including Secretary Samuel P. Langley, and acting director (and later fifth Smithsonian Secretary), Charles Greeley Abbot, travel to Wadesboro, North Carolina, to observe an eclipse of the sun.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

May 28, 1900

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Astronomy

Expeditions

Solar Research

Solar eclipses

North Carolina

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_12981