Box 4
Container
Contains 45 Results:
Quetelet, Lambert A. J. "Courants électiques pour la détermination de l'heure", from his Histoire des sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les belges, 1864
File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1864
Rock, Miles Extracts from his El Paso, Tex. field notes at NARS & printed report from Rept. of Chief of Engrs., 1880
File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1880
Schott, C. A. "The Telegraphic Longitude Net of the United States and its Connection with that of Europe", 1897
File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1897
Smith, Edwin. "Telegraphic Longitudes: The Pacific Arcs from San Francisco to Manila, 1903-4 Completing the Circuit of the Earth" Appx. 4, Rept. U.S.C.S., 1904
File — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1904
U. S. Coast Survey Extract from Annual Rept. dealing with telegraphy and longitude, 1845-1857
File — Box: 4, Folder: 39
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1845-1857
U. S. Coast Survey Extract from Annual Rept. dealing with telegraphy and longitude, 1863-1867, 1870-1872, 1874, 1879- 1880, 1882
File — Box: 4, Folder: 40
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1863-1867, 1870-1872, 1874, 1879- 1880, 1882
U. S. Engineer Dept. Record of Wheeler Survey time signals, Fort Fred Steele, Wyo. From Annual Report, , 1872
File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1872
U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Reports on longitude observations from final report of Wheeler Survey, Astronomy vol. (Reports for Hughes, Colo., Labran, Colo., Bozeman, Mont., Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
U. S. War Dept. "Letter from the Secy. of War in Relation to the Want of a Law Affixing a Penalty for Tampering with the Military Telegraph-lines in Arizona", 1874
File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1874
Walker, Sears Cook. "Report on the Experience of the Coast Survey in regard to Telegraphic Operations, for Determination of Longitude, " American Journal of Science and Arts, , 1850
File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1850
Wheeler, O. B. "Difference of Longitude between Detroit, Mich. and Ogden, Utah" Appx. C, Rept. Chief of Engrs., 1874 Secondary sources, 1945-1987
File — Box: 4, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1945-1987
Du Boff, Richard B. "The Telegraph in Nineteenth-Century America: Technology and Monopoly", Comparative Studies in Society and History, , 1984
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1984
Duncombe, Raynor L. "Personal Equation in Astronomy", Popular Astronomy, 1945
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1945
Ingersoll, Robert C. "The Effect of the Coast Survey on 19th Century American Science", Synthesis, , 1975
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1975
Reingold, Nathan. "Research Possibilities in the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Records", 1958
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1958
Stephens, Carlene E. "Before Standard Time: Distributing Time in 19th-Century America", 1985
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1985
Stephens, Carlene E. "The Most Reliable Time: William Bond, the New England Railroads, and time Awareness in 19th-Century America" Draft of paper later published in Technology and Culture, 1987
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1987
Stephens, Carlene E. Inventing Standard Time, 1983
File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1983
Karrow, Robert W. "Star Time and Telegraph: The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Development of a World-Wide Telegraphic Longitude Network, 1846-1904" (Drafts and correspondence relating to this unpublished paper)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 43
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Karrow, Robert W. "Electrical Longitude", Mapline, , 1988
File — Box: 4, Folder: 43
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Included are photocopies of annual reports, correspondence, diaries, contemporary newspaper and periodical accounts of the Wheeler survey, topographical surveys in general, telegraphic longitude, biographical information, photographs, and lists of maps. Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary sources.The material was collected...
Dates:
1988