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Ayrton & Perry self-induction coil

Associated person:
Ayrton, William Edward  Search this
Perry, John  Search this
Maker:
Nalder Bros. & Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13 in x 13 in x 13 in; 33.02 cm x 33.02 cm x 33.02 cm
Object Name:
Inductor, Standard
inductor
induction coil
Credit Line:
from Princeton University, Department of Physics, thru Frank Shoemaker
ID Number:
EM.330588
Catalog number:
330588
Accession number:
299612
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-48f0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_713332

Quadrant electrometer

Associated person:
Ayrton, William Edward  Search this
Perry, John  Search this
Sumpner, W. E.  Search this
Maker:
Nalder Bros. & Co.  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 13 1/4 in x 8 in; x 33.655 cm x 20.32 cm
Object Name:
meter
electrometer
Date made:
1891
Credit Line:
from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand
ID Number:
EM.318343
Catalog number:
318343
Accession number:
232729
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b0c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
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Toni Morrison portrait, Face-to-Face talk

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Conversations and talks
Podcast
MIME Type:
audio/mpeg
Uploaded:
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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Face-to-Face, from the National Portrait Gallery
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:podcasts_1ec3b6f61483c0ac9c6af747801d90a1
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K

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
May–Aug. 1866
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M752, File 2.6.10
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Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Registers and Letters Received by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 2: Letters Received / 2.6: Entered in Register 6
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io32d712cf2-574a-480c-b46e-3eefb9caf23f
EDAN-URL:
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The cyclopædia of electrical engineering : containing a history of the discovery and application of electricity with its practice and achievements from the earliest period to the present time : the whole being a practical guide to artisans, engineers and students interested in the practice and development of electricity, electric lighting, motors, thermo-piles, the telegraph, the telephone, magnet...

Author:
Slingo, M  Search this
Brooker, A (Arthur)  Search this
Urbanitzky, Alfred Ritter von b. 1852  Search this
Perry, John 1850-1920  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., [5] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., ports. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1895
Topic:
Electrical engineering  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Electricity--History  Search this
Call number:
TK145 .C99 1895
TK145.C99 1895
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_308051

An elementary treatise on steam / by John Perry

Author:
Perry, John 1850-1920  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 412 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1889
Topic:
Steam  Search this
Steam-engines  Search this
Call number:
TJ275 .P46 1889
TJ275.P46 1889
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_394812

The story of America : freedom and crisis from settlement to superpower / written by Allen Weinstein, David Rubel

Author:
Weinstein, Allen  Search this
Rubel, David  Search this
Axtell, James  Search this
Physical description:
688 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Pictorial works
Miscellanea
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
Topic:
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_905291

Essays on Tʻang society : the interplay of social, political and economic forces / edited by John Curtis Perry and Bardwell L. Smith

Author:
Perry, John Curtis  Search this
Smith, Bardwell L. 1925-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 145 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Congresses
Place:
China
Date:
1976
Tʻang dynasty, 618-907
Topic:
History  Search this
Call number:
951 .P43
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_888218

Telpherage / a lecture delivered by Professor John Perry ... at the London Institution, January 24th, 1886

Author:
Perry, John 1850-1920  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
50 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1886
Topic:
Conveying machinery  Search this
Call number:
TJ1385 .P463 1886
TJ1385.P463 1886
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_424469

Labor Contracts

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Aug. 1865–Mar. 1867
Scope and Contents:
Unbound labor contracts, August 1865–March 1867, are arranged numerically, with unnumbered contracts at the end of the series. Contracts between freedmen and employers were witnessed by the local superintendent. Most are printed forms, and they usually indicate the period of service, the rate of wages, and the type of work to be performed.
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commerical use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.3.5
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Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 3: Subordinate Field Offices / 3.1: Local Superintendent for Washington and Georgetown / 3.1.3: Records Relating to Employment of Freedmen
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3a2827966-7d92-44e0-b9c2-f0fa2790d0ce
EDAN-URL:
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Perry, John - Assistant Director, NZP, 1966-1968

Collection Creator::
National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 385, National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs, Records
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Records
Records / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0385-refidd1e496

Perry, John Oliver, RD 1983, TX300885 - "Tracing Varieties of Cultural Strains in Current Uses of Indo-English for Poetry"

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Relations  Search this
Container:
Box 25 of 28
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-030, Smithsonian Institution, Office of International Relations, Grant Records
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Grant Records
Grant Records / Box 25
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa01-030-refidd1e6217

Perry, John

Collection Creator::
National Zoological Park. Office of the Director  Search this
Container:
Box 4 of 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-051, National Zoological Park. Office of the Director, Correspondence
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Correspondence
Correspondence / Box 4
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa01-051-refidd1e2576

Unregistered Letters

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Dec. 1865–July 1870
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M810, Subseries 6.2
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Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 6: Letters Received
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3d7eeaf39-27ea-4f64-a906-99ca146fa70c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m810-ref15
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Folder 26 Perry, John. Correspondence between Dr. John Perry, National Zoological Park, and Dr. Eisenberg's office dating from January 1971 to May 1976. Also included are several interesting packages on photo science and the management of exotic animal...

Container:
Box 11 of 18
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7411, John F. Eisenberg Papers
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John F. Eisenberg Papers
John F. Eisenberg Papers / Box 11
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru7411-refidd1e6165

Focuses on the development of the Conservation and Research Center (CRC) at Front Royal, Virginia, including: Interest of John Perry, John Eisenberg and Kerry Muller; acquisition of the land and Ted Rivinus's role in identifying it; development of faci...

Collection Creator::
Reed, Theodore H., interviewee  Search this
Container:
Interviews
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9568, Theodore H. Reed Oral History Interviews
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Theodore H. Reed Oral History Interviews
Theodore H. Reed Oral History Interviews / Interviews
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru9568-refidd1e751

F – M

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Nov. 1866–Feb. 1868
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commercial use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M843, File 4.2.2
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Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870 / Series 4: Letters Received / 4.2: Entered in Register 2
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3e2fcd2fa-1982-40c4-9f42-93638497f6ba
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m843-ref34
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Perry, John

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities  Search this
Container:
Box 14 of 21
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession T89080, Smithsonian Institution, Office of International Activities, Grant Records
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Grant Records
Grant Records / Box 14
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fat89080-refidd1e4042

I Volume

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
Undated
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commerical use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M1909, Item 4.47.5.1
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Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.47: Statesville (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner) / 4.47.5: Unidentified Name Index
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3f5c10397-f5f9-48c9-98ba-c0a40e6ec515
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m1909-ref616
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Miscellaneous Records

Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1865–68
Scope and Contents:
Unbound miscellaneous records, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record. The series consists of lists of destitutes, quartermaster returns, bills of lading, receipts, abstracts, requisitions, and two lists of births, marriages, and deaths.
Collection Restrictions:
Freedmen's Bureau Digital Collection, 1865–1872, is a product of and owned by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Copyright for digital images is retained by the donor, FamilySearch International; permission for commerical use of the digital images may be requested from FamilySearch International, Intellectual Property Office, at: cor-intellectualproperty@ldschurch.org.
Collection Citation:
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.9.15
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Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
Records of the Field Offices for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 / Series 4: Subordinate Field Offices / 4.9: Fayetteville (Subassistant Commissioner)
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io378d5772b-16ce-43f8-950f-8dfe5a4a2d7d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-fb-m1909-ref169
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