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SkyWatch: A Passive Multistatic Radar Network for the Measurement of Object Position and Velocity

Author:
Randall, Mitch  Search this
Delacroix, Alex  Search this
Ezell, Carson  Search this
Kelderman, Ezra  Search this
Little, Sarah  Search this
Loeb, Abraham  Search this
Masson, Eric  Search this
Watters, Wesley Andrés  Search this
Cloete, Richard  Search this
White, Abigail  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2023
Citation:
Randall, Mitch, Delacroix, Alex, Ezell, Carson, Kelderman, Ezra, Little, Sarah, Loeb, Abraham, Masson, Eric, Watters, Wesley Andrés, Cloete, Richard, and White, Abigail. 2023. "SkyWatch: A Passive Multistatic Radar Network for the Measurement of Object Position and Velocity." Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 12 2340004–115. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171723400044.
Identifier:
171298
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171723400044
ISSN:
2251-1725
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_171298

Reflecting Circle

Maker:
Troughton and Simms  Search this
Measurements:
reflecting circle: 10 in; 25.4 cm
overall: 15 1/4 in x 12 in x 10 3/4 in; 38.735 cm x 30.48 cm x 27.305 cm
Object Name:
reflecting circle
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
late 1830s
Credit Line:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
ID Number:
1987.0924.01
Catalog number:
1987.0924.01
Accession number:
1987.0924
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-6948-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1197876
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Time & space measuring instruments from the 15th to the 19th century by Samuel Guye and Henri Michel; photographs by Pierre Devinoy [translated from the French by Diana Dolan]

Author:
Guye, Samuel  Search this
Author:
Michel, Henri 1885-1981  Search this
Physical description:
289 pages, 140 plates illustrations (some color) 26 x 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1970
Topic:
Astronomical instruments--History  Search this
Clocks and watches--History  Search this
Surveying--Instruments--History  Search this
Arpentage--Instruments--Histoire  Search this
Astronomie--Instruments--Histoire  Search this
Astronomical instruments  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Surveying--Instruments  Search this
Call number:
TS542 .G8913 1970X
TS542.G8913 1970X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_10546

180 lire Father Secchi and Meteorograph single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Vatican City 654
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored);
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
VATICAN CITY (independent city state)
Date:
June 25, 1979
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
1983.0147.19510
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm845b79c74-066f-4771-9e3a-a23a4f61aee3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1983.0147.19510

220 lire Father Secchi and Spectroscope single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Vatican City 655
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored);
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
VATICAN CITY (independent city state)
Date:
June 25, 1979
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
1983.0147.19511
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8710bae3b-c923-47e1-a59f-e37c85fbfe84
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1983.0147.19511

300 lire Father Secchi and Telescope single

Title:
Scott Catalogue Vatican City 656
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored);
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
VATICAN CITY (independent city state)
Date:
June 25, 1979
Topic:
International Stamps & Mail  Search this
Object number:
1983.0147.19512
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm840755a79-8968-4bd4-8175-e404e46c0bfd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1983.0147.19512

QUADRANS MAGNUS CHALIBEUS

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 16 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 27.305 cm
overall: frame: 23 1/2 in x 18 in x 3/4 in; 59.69 cm x 45.72 cm x 1.905 cm
Object Name:
print
Place made:
Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
Subject:
Astronomy  Search this
ID Number:
PH.319248
Catalog number:
319248
Accession number:
236083
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Science & Mathematics
Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-fa15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
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ARMILLÆ ÆQUATORIÆ

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 16 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 27.305 cm
overall: 23 in x 16 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 58.42 cm x 41.275 cm x 2.2225 cm
Object Name:
print
Place made:
Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
Date made:
1662
Subject:
Astronomy  Search this
ID Number:
PH.330345
Catalog number:
330345
Accession number:
288766
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-0ed3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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Telescope (Comet Seeker)

Maker:
Merz u. Mahler  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 38 in x 4 3/4 in; 96.52 cm x 12.065 cm
overall: 38 in x 4 3/4 in; 96.52 cm x 12.065 cm
Object Name:
telescope
Place made:
Germany
Date made:
ca 1840
Subject:
Astronomy  Search this
Credit Line:
U.S. Naval Observatory
ID Number:
PH.327700
Catalog number:
327700
Accession number:
283654
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3b35-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
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Telescope

Measurements:
overall: 27 in x 28 in x 87 in; 68.58 cm x 71.12 cm x 220.98 cm
Object Name:
telescope, refracting
telescope
Subject:
Astronomy  Search this
Credit Line:
Kenyon College
ID Number:
PH.336633
Accession number:
1980.0802
Model number:
82-9739
Catalog number:
336633
1980.0802.01
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-eb35-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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edanmdm:nmah_1433292

Warner & Swasey Circular Dividing Engine

Maker:
Warner & Swasey Company  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 64 in x 54 in x 54 in; 162.56 cm x 137.16 cm x 137.16 cm
Object Name:
dividing engine
Place made:
United States: Ohio, Cleveland
Date made:
1895-1896
Subject:
Ruling and Dividing Engines  Search this
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Warner & Swasey Company
ID Number:
MA.334398
Catalog number:
334398
Accession number:
313774
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1a38-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1802357

The scientific papers of Sir William Huggins Edited by Sir William Huggins ... and Lady Huggins ... With sixty-six illustrations

Author:
Huggins, William Sir 1824-1910  Search this
Engraver:
Basire, James 1796-1869  Search this
Illustrator:
Collier, John 1850-1934  Search this
Photographer:
Haines, Reginald fl. 1909  Search this
Author:
Huggins Lady -1915  Search this
David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI  Search this
Printer:
Hazell, Watson & Viney  Search this
Swan Electric Engraving Co  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 539 [that is, 543], [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates (4 folded) illustrations, 2 portraits 31 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1909
1856
Topic:
Astronomical instruments  Search this
Astronomical spectroscopy  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Call number:
QB3 .H8X 1909
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_962319

[Trade catalogs from Carl Zeiss]

Variant company name:
New York, NY ; Jena, Germany ; Stuttgart, Germany  Search this
Company Name:
Carl Zeiss  Search this
Related companies:
Zeiss Ikon AG (Dresden, Germany) ; Carl Zeiss, Inc. ; Zeiss Winkel ; Ica ; Carl Zeiss Jena ; Ercona Corp. ; Voigtlaender (Braunschweig, Germany)  Search this
Notes content:
One envelope OVERSIZE. Two binders. Some pieces in German. Television microscopes ; photomicroscopes ; operation microscopes ; film microscopes; stereomicroscopes ; stereoscopes ; polarization microscopes ; Axioskop microscopes ; Abbe illuminating apparatus ; photo-theodolite apparatus ; spectrographs ; Zeiss Planetarium ; telescopes ; astronomical instruments ; contact glasses (contact lenses) ; ophthalmological instruments ; otoscopes ; oculists' instrument set ; distal spectacles ; punktal glasses ; katral glasses ; spectacle magnifiers ; anastigmatic magnifying laryngeal mirror ; fundus camera ; operating table projecting lamp ; oral illuminator ; appliances for counting blood-corpuscles ; optical measuring and surveying instruments ; levels ; theodolites ; tacheomometers ; yellow glass filters for landscape photography ; cine lenses for movie cameras ; Zeiss Ikon Cameras ; Palmos cameras ; photographic lenses ; Druner's Stereoscopic Camera ; industrial measuring instruments ; telemeters ; spectrophotometers ; Epidiascope ; Episcope ; Zeiss-Neophot, a large epi-microscope and camera ; binoculars ; field glasses ; hyposcopes ; photomicrographic apparatus ; magnifiers ; projection apparatus ; cytopherometer ; heat ray and welding goggles ; auto searchlight ; military optical instruments ; refractometers ; mirror signalling apparatus ; field blink apparatus ; heliograph ; issues of "Zeiss Information" ; issues of "Zeiss Nachrichten." ; particle size analyzer ; Microsurgery in Practice ; electro-optical rangefinders ; electronic fieldbook ; data converter ;
Includes:
Trade catalog, price lists, photographs and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description:
1667 pieces; 39 boxes
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Oberkochen, Germany
Date range:
1800s-1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Automobiles and automotive equipment (including trucks and buses)  Search this
Laboratories and laboratory supplies and equipment  Search this
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)  Search this
Measuring; calculating and testing devices  Search this
Medical and surgical instruments and supplies  Search this
Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms)  Search this
Photographic equipment and supplies  Search this
Scientific and optical instruments  Search this
Surveying supplies  Search this
Telephone; telegraph and telecommunications equipment and supplies  Search this
Topic:
"Laboratories -- Furniture, equipment, etc."  Search this
Armed Forces -- Equipment  Search this
Automobiles  Search this
Calculators  Search this
Cameras  Search this
Candles  Search this
Lamps  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Measuring instruments  Search this
Medical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this
Military supplies  Search this
Military uniforms  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Optical instruments  Search this
Photographic industry  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Surgical instruments and apparatus industry  Search this
Surveying -- Instruments  Search this
Surveying instrument industry  Search this
Telecommunication systems  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Telephone supplies industry  Search this
Weighing instruments  Search this
Record ID:
SILNMAHTL_34533
Location:
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection:
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_34533

"Recollection" in The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1772

Edited by:
Unidentified  Search this
Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
James Dodsley, English, 1724 - 1797  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (21 × 14 × 4 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place printed:
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date:
1773
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50425d2f7-b60f-4396-a797-15582ac98789
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.1
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The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)

Author:
Champey, P. R.  Search this
Winebarger, A. R.  Search this
Kobayashi, K.  Search this
Athiray, P. S.  Search this
Hertz, E.  Search this
Savage, S.  Search this
Beabout, B.  Search this
Beabout, D.  Search this
Broadway, D.  Search this
Bruccoleri, A. R.  Search this
Cheimets, P.  Search this
Davis, J.  Search this
Duffy, J.  Search this
Golub, L.  Search this
Gregory, D. A.  Search this
Griffith, C.  Search this
Haight, H.  Search this
Heilmann, R. K.  Search this
Hogue, B.  Search this
Hohl, J.  Search this
Hyde, D.  Search this
Kegley, J.  Search this
Kolodzieczjak, J.  Search this
Ramsey, B.  Search this
Ranganathan, J.  Search this
Robertson, B.  Search this
Schattenburg, M. L.  Search this
Speegle, C. O.  Search this
Vigil, G.  Search this
Walsh, R.  Search this
Weddenorf, B.  Search this
Wright, E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2022
Citation:
Champey, P. R., Winebarger, A. R., Kobayashi, K., Athiray, P. S., Hertz, E., Savage, S., Beabout, B., Beabout, D., Broadway, D., Bruccoleri, A. R., Cheimets, P., Davis, J., Duffy, J., Golub, L., Gregory, D. A., Griffith, C., Haight, H., Heilmann, R. K., Hogue, B., Hohl, J., Hyde, D., Kegley, J., Kolodzieczjak, J., Ramsey, B., Ranganathan, J. et al. 2022. "The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)." Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 11 2250010. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171722500106.
Identifier:
167144
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171722500106
ISSN:
2251-1725
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_167144

Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Processing Terahertz Spectroscopic Data

Author:
Seo, Young Min  Search this
Goldsmith, Paul F.  Search this
Tolls, Volker  Search this
Shipman, Russell  Search this
Kulesa, Craig  Search this
Peters, William  Search this
Walker, Christopher  Search this
Melnick, Gary  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2020
Citation:
Seo, Young Min, Goldsmith, Paul F., Tolls, Volker, Shipman, Russell, Kulesa, Craig, Peters, William, Walker, Christopher, and Melnick, Gary. 2020. "Applications of Machine Learning Algorithms in Processing Terahertz Spectroscopic Data." Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 9 2050011. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171720500117.
Identifier:
158873
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171720500117
ISSN:
2251-1725
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_158873

QB Astronomical Instrument

Container:
Box 68 of 69
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Box 68
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa90-105-refidd1e39172

Repsold Universal Instrument

Maker:
A. Repsold & Sohne  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 25 1/2 in x 22 in x 22 in; 64.77 cm x 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm
Object Name:
universal instrument
Place made:
Germany: Hamburg, Hamburg
Related Publication:
American Journal of Science
Loomis, Elias. Introduction to Practical Astronomy
Repsold, J. A.. Vermehrte Nachrichten über die Familie Repsold
Credit Line:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
ID Number:
PH.316511
Accession number:
225703
Catalog number:
316511
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-b938-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_758753
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Geodetic Transit

Maker:
Fauth & Co.  Search this
Designer:
Saegmuller, George Nicholas  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 15 in x 12 1/2 in x 32 in; 38.1 cm x 31.75 cm x 81.28 cm
Object Name:
geodetic transit
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Related Publication:
Fauth & Co.. Catalogue of Astronomical and Surveying Instruments, 1877
Saegmuller, George N.. Description and Price-List of First-Class Engineering & Astronomical Instruments
Astronomische Nachrichten
ID Number:
PH.314635
Accession number:
208213
Catalog number:
314635
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-c1ce-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_758833

Spectrograph, Littrow

Manufacturer:
Donald Menzel  Search this
Materials:
Magnesium
Glass optics
Dimensions:
3-D: 228.6 x 50.8 x 45.7cm (90 x 20 x 18 in.)
Type:
INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Credit Line:
Transferred from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Inventory Number:
A19840176000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location:
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Exhibit Station:
Space Science
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f96638d3-d481-437e-b55a-d12b5f5b58bd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A19840176000

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