Secretary Charles G. Abbot's Solar Cooker at Mt. Wilson, CA

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

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

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Mount Wilson Observatory

Summary

Astrophysicist Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot's solar cooker, which cooks food by solar energy, at Mount Wilson, California. Dr. Abbot was the fifth Smithsonian Institution Secretary from 1928 to 1944, and director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1907-1944. From 1905 through the 1930s, the Astrophysical Observatory used the telescopes at Mount Wilson.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 189, Folder: 1

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1920s?

Standard number

MAH 11020-B or MAH11020B

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Solar Cooker

Instruments

Observing (field) stations

Observatories

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8184