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A popular exposition of electricity with sketches of some of its discoverers by Rev. Martin S. Brennan .

Author:
Brennan, Martin S (Martin Stanislaus) 1845-1927  Search this
Author:
Faraday, Michael 1791-1867  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
International Business Machines Corporation DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
191, [13] pages 18 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
1885
Topic:
Electricity--History  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Call number:
QC527 .B8X 1885
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_274026
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Central station management and finance / by Horatio A. Foster ..

Author:
Foster, Horatio Alvah 1858-1913  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
50, [8] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1891
Topic:
Electric light companies--Accounting  Search this
Call number:
TK1811.F6X 1891
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_322323
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Chronology of aviation / by Hudson Maxim and William J. Hammer

Author:
Maxim, Hudson 1853-1927  Search this
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Former owner:
Sheahan, N. H. DSI  Search this
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[2], 5-23 p. ; 27 cm
Type:
Chronology
Date:
1910
[1912]
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL515 .M399 1912
TL515.M3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_81020
view Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884 digital asset number 1
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Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884

Title:
United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-79 DSI
United States patents of Thomas Alva Edison, June 1st, 1869 to May 20th, 1884 DSI
Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
United States Patent Office  Search this
Lithographer:
Peters, N (Norris)  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Patents
Place:
United States
Date:
1869
1869-1884
Topic:
Patents--Specifications  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Patents  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Electric machinery  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Motors  Search this
Call number:
T223.B2 E23 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691276
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Domestic electricity for amateurs / translated from the French of E. Hospitalier ... ; with additions, by C.J. Wharton ..

Author:
Hospitalier, Edouard 1852-1907  Search this
Wharton, C. J  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 229, [3], 14, [6] p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1885
Topic:
Household appliances, Electric  Search this
Electrical engineering  Search this
Call number:
TK9901 .H79 E1885
TK9901.H79 E1885
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_330962
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Electric lamp : specification forming part of letters patent no. 223,898, dated January 27, 1880 : application filed November 4, 1879 / Thomas A. Edison, of Menlo Park, New Jersey

Title:
United States Patent Office
Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884  Search this
United States Patent Office  Search this
Lithographer:
Peters, N (Norris)  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Patents
Place:
United States
Date:
1880
Topic:
Incandescent lamps--Filaments  Search this
Electric lamps  Search this
Patents  Search this
Call number:
T223.B2 E23 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691292
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Electric lighting / translated from the French of le comte Th. Du Moncel by Robert Routledge ... ; with seventy-six illustrations

Author:
Du Moncel, Th. comte 1821-1884  Search this
Routledge, Robert  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
International Business Machines Corporation DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xv, [1], 318, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1882
Topic:
Electric lighting  Search this
Electric lamps  Search this
Call number:
TK4161 .D89 E1882
TK4161.D89 E1882
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_314563
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Electric transmission of power : its present position and advantages / by Paget Higgs ..

Author:
Higgs, Paget  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 87, [1], 15, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1879
Topic:
Electric power production  Search this
Electric power transmission  Search this
Call number:
TK1001 .H6 1879
TK1001.H6 1879
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_330510
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Experiments and observations in soaring flight. By Mr. Wilbur Wright ... Printed in advance of the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers. Vol III, no. 4, August, 1903

Title:
Observations in soaring flight
Wright--Observations on soaring flight
Author:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Inscriber:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912 DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Means, James 1853-1920 DSI  Search this
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
18 p. illus. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1903
1903]
Topic:
Flight  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Call number:
TL670 .W95 1903
TL670.W95
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_107314
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Magnetism and electricity / by Frederick Guthrie ... ; with 300 illustrations ..

Author:
Guthrie, Frederick 1833-1886  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
364, [4] p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1876
[1876]
Topic:
Magnetism  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Call number:
QC523.G85X 1876
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_327679
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Postcard

Author:
Ryan, Harris Joseph 1866-  Search this
Donor:
Dibner, Bern DSI  Search this
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Author:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (2 pages)
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1899
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
MSS 001312 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179178
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Primer of electricity : no. 1-[25] / by Prof. E.J. Houston

Author:
Houston, Edwin J (Edwin James) 1847-1914  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
116 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1884
Topic:
Electricity  Search this
Call number:
QC527.H83 1884
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_331569
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Radium, and other radio-active substances polonium, actinium, and thorium, with a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properites and applications of selenium and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light By William J. Hammer

Author:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 72 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1903
Topic:
Phosphorescence  Search this
Phototherapy  Search this
Radium  Search this
Selenium  Search this
Elements, Radioactive  Search this
Actinium  Search this
Luminescent Measurements  Search this
Polonium  Search this
Thorium  Search this
Ultraviolet Therapy  Search this
Call number:
QC721.H22 1903aX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_287118
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Radium, and other radio-active substances polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light by William J. Hammer

Author:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 72 pages front., illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1903
Topic:
Phosphorescence  Search this
Phototherapy  Search this
Radium  Search this
Selenium  Search this
Elements, Radioactive  Search this
Actinium  Search this
Luminescent Measurements  Search this
Polonium  Search this
Thorium  Search this
Ultraviolet Therapy  Search this
Call number:
QC721.H22X 1903
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_282933
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Register of the William J. Hammer collection, c. 1874-1935, 1955-1957 [microform] / by Robert S. Harding

Author:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Archives Center  Search this
Harding, Robert S (Robert Steven) 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 Archives  Search this
Physical description:
v, 99 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Microforms
Date:
1991
1986
Call number:
mfc 1805
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_443726
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Register of the William J. Hammer collection, c1874-1935; 1955- 1957 / by Robert S. Harding

Author:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Archives Center  Search this
Harding, Robert S (Robert Steven) 1944-  Search this
Subject:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 Archives  Search this
Physical description:
v, 99 p.: ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1986
Call number:
Z6616.H2116N37 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_307858
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Selections from the Hammer Collection. Collection 69, Thomas Edison papers, series 1. [microform]

Title:
Thomas Edison papers, series 1
William J. Hammer Collection
Subject:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill
Type:
Microforms
Archives
Correspondence
Date:
1999
1999?]
Call number:
mfm 003380
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_819946
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Sollte die Elektricität wirklich Wärme verursachen : und sollte diese Wärme eine Wirkung der Zersetzung des Elementarfeuers und Phlogiston's senn? / von Kohlreif

Author:
Kohlreif, Gottfried Albert 1749-1802  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
30, [2] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1850
Date:
1787
Topic:
Electricity  Search this
Phlogiston  Search this
Call number:
QC517 .K49 1787
QC517.K49 1787
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_335736
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The Langley machine and the Hammondsport trials / by Griffith Brewer

Author:
Brewer, Griffith 1867-1948  Search this
Royal Aeronautical Society  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906  Search this
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930  Search this
Physical description:
47, [1] p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1921
[1921?]
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Call number:
TL515 .B666 1921
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_463110
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The William J. Hammer historical collection of incandescent lamps

Author:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934  Search this
Physical description:
8 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1900
1909
190-?]
Topic:
Incandescent lamps--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Call number:
TK4351 .H22
TK4351.H22
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396668

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