Object Details
maker
Draper, Henry
Description
Henry Draper (1837-1882) was a New York physician who did pioneering work with astronomical photography and spectroscopy. He was particularly proud of having seen bright lines, which saw as evidence of oxygen, in the solar spectrum. This image is marked “DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN IN THE SUN BY PHOTOGRAPHY, BY PROFESSOR HENRY DRAPER, M.D. 1876.”
Ref: Henry Draper, “Discovery of Oxygen in the Sun by Photography, and a new Theory of the Solar Spectrum,” American Journal of Science 14 (1877): 89-96.
George F. Barker, “Memoir of Henry Draper,” Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 3 (1895), pp. 81-139.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
date made
1876
ID Number
PH.333976
accession number
304826
catalog number
333976
Object Name
photograph, spectrum
photograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 14 in x 28 in x 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 71.12 cm x .635 cm
overall: 71 cm x 14 cm x .8 cm; 27 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5/16 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Science
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1183955