Secretary Charles G. Abbot with Bolometric Apparatus

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

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

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Summary

Charles Greeley Abbot, then Acting Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), pictured with bolometric apparatus, was one of a team of Smithsonian scientists who traveled to Wadesboro, North Carolina, to study an eclipse of the sun in 1900. Abbot later became director of the SAO and Fifth Secretary (1928-1944) of the Smithsonian.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder: 5

Contact information

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

Date

1900

Standard number

A3590 or SA-1313

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 7.5w x 9h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Apparatus

Astronomy

Expeditions

Secretaries

Solar Research

Bolometric Apparatus

Instruments

Solar eclipses

North Carolina

Secretariats

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9223