Secretary Charles G. Abbot with Solar Boiler

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

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

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

South Yard

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Summary

Astrophysicist and fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1928-1944) Charles G. Abbot with a half horse-power solar boiler, exhibited at the International Congress of Engineers and used by the National Broadcasting Company with a steam engine and generator to broadcast to the United States and Canada. In the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle", Secretary Abbot is seen here to the right of the photograph with his hand on the machine. There are three unidentified men to the left of the solar boiler.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

c. September 30, 1936

Standard number

4694-C or MNH-4694C

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Event

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Secretaries

Solar Boiler

Inventions

Secretariats

Scientific apparatus and instruments

Astrophysicists

Physicists

Astrophysics

Solar energy

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Event

Special events

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9651