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Extracts from the report of Her Britannic Majesty's commissioners, appointed to inquire into the condition and management of lights, buoys, and beacons. Submitted March 5, 1861 ... Republished for the use of the U.S. Light-house establishment

Author:
Great Britain Royal Commission on Lights, Buoys and Beacons  Search this
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Physical description:
254 p. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1871
Topic:
Lighthouses  Search this
Beacons  Search this
Buoys  Search this
Call number:
VK1057 .G78
VK1057.G78
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_161238
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The modern light-house service. By Arnold Burges Johnson

Author:
Johnson, Arnold Burges 1834-1915  Search this
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 137 p. illus., plates (part fold.) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1890
Topic:
Lighthouses  Search this
Call number:
VK1010.J62X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_255479
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Specifications for building the screw-steamer Albatross U.S. Light-House Establishment

Author:
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Physical description:
51 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates plans 27 cm
Type:
Specifications
Place:
United States
Date:
1881
Topic:
Albatross (Steamer)  Search this
Steamboats  Search this
Call number:
VM296.U6 A5 1881
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_485900
view Photometer digital asset number 1

Photometer

Maker:
Duboscq, Jules  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 35 cm x 34.5 cm x 18 cm; 13 3/4 in x 13 9/16 in x 7 1/16 in
overall: 13 3/4 in x 13 7/8 in x 7 3/16 in; 34.925 cm x 35.2425 cm x 18.25625 cm
Object Name:
photometer
Place made:
France: Île-de-France, Paris
ID Number:
PH.314956
Catalog number:
314956
Accession number:
212903
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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4f41-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1187964
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view Minot's Ledge Lighthouse digital asset number 1

Minot's Ledge Lighthouse

Author:
Waud, Alfred R  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Alexander, B. S (Barton Stone) 1819-1878  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Harper's Weekly  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Boston (Mass.)
Date:
July 10, 1869
Topic:
Engineering  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-3531
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13382
view Joseph Henry Appointed to Light-House Board digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry Appointed to Light-House Board

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Date:
September 25, 1852
Topic:
Interagency Relations  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_366
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Memoir upon the illumination and beaconage of the coasts of France / by M. Léonce Reynaud ; Tr., for the use of the Light-house board of the United States, by Peter C. Hains

Author:
Reynaud, Léonce 1803-1880  Search this
Hains, Peter C (Peter Conover) 1840-1921  Search this
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Physical description:
226 p., 39 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. : 36 x 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
1876
Topic:
Lighthouses  Search this
Beacons  Search this
Call number:
TC375.R44X 1876
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382021
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Annual report of the Light-House Board to the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886

Author:
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Physical description:
172 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1886
Topic:
Lighthouses  Search this
Call number:
VK1023 .A2 1886
VK1023.A2 1886
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_401686
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Manual of light-house engineering : embracing plans of towers, light vessels, beacons, buoys, and other aids to navigation : designed and executed under the direction of the Light-House Board, and exhibiting the present system of lenses, lamps, implements, etc., employed in the light-house establishment of the United States

Title:
U.S.L.H. Establishment
Publisher:
United States Light-House Board  Search this
Former owner:
Library of Congress DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (4 pages, 60, 10, 3, 4 leaves of plates (1 folded)) : illustrations, chiefly plans ; 39 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1869
Topic:
Lighthouses--Design and construction  Search this
Aids to navigation--Design and construction  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Call number:
TC375 .M29 1869
TC375.M29 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402826
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Folder 1 1878-1879. 1 page letter regarding the return of an original once it had been read, January 22, 1878; Letter to Henry from J. G. Walker, February 6, 1878; Report of Inspection of Lot No. 1 Lard Oil, May 2, 1878; Letter to Secretary of the Trea...

Collection Creator::
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878  Search this
Container:
Box 36 of 65
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Microfilm available for most of the collection.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Joseph Henry Collection
See more items in:
Joseph Henry Collection
Joseph Henry Collection / Series 12: LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD RELATED LETTERS, NOTEBOOKS, AND OTHER MATERIALS, 1855-1890 AND UNDATED. / Box 36
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru7001-refidd1e8190
view Excerpt from Joseph Henry's Desk Diary (November 14, 1873) digital asset number 1

Excerpt from Joseph Henry's Desk Diary (November 14, 1873)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Bostelmann, Rudolph F. J  Search this
Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Statue of Freedom (Statue)  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 4 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Date:
November 14, 1873
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Ballooning  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Acquisitions  Search this
Hot air balloons  Search this
Statues  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Diaries  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-3177 and SIA2012-3178 and SIA2012-3179 and SIA2012-3180
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13061
Online Media:
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Trailblazer of American Science: The Life of Joseph Henry

Author:
Riedman, Sarah Regal 1902-  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 1791-1872  Search this
Vail, Alfred  Search this
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790  Search this
Agassiz, Louis 1807-1873  Search this
Faraday, Michael 1791-1867  Search this
Hendrie, William  Search this
Alexander, Hugh  Search this
Alexander, Stephen  Search this
Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882  Search this
Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903  Search this
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)  Search this
Princeton University  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Place:
Albany (N.Y.)
Princeton (N.J.)
Date:
1961
Topic:
SI, Early History  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Science--Experiments  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Biography  Search this
Publisher:
Chicago Rand McNally
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_3480
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The Papers of Joseph Henry: January 1866-May 1878, The Smithsonian Years

Author:
Rothenberg, Marc 1949-  Search this
Millikan, Frank R  Search this
Jeffries, Deborah Y  Search this
Dorman, Kathleen W  Search this
Shoenfeld, Sarah  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Corcoran Gallery of Art Early History  Search this
United States Coast Survey  Search this
Library of Congress Relations with the Smithsonian  Search this
Philosophical Society of Washington  Search this
Meteorological Project  Search this
United States Army Signal Corps  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Edition:
Volume 11
Physical description:
Number of pages: 792; Page numbers: i-lxvi; 1-726
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2007
Topic:
National Collections  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Controversies  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
United States Congress, Relations with SI  Search this
Letters  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Major Events in Smithsonian History  Search this
Publisher:
Sagamore Beach, MA: The Smithsonian Institution and Science History Publications/USA
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12395
view Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (September 4, 1856) digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (September 4, 1856)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
United States Coast Survey  Search this
Smithsonian Year  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 8; Color: Color; Size: 5 1/2w x 8 1/2h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Bahamas
Date:
September 4, 1856
Topic:
Letters  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-2836 and SIA2012-2837 and SIA2012-2838 and SIA2012-2839
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13320
Online Media:
view Joseph Henry Becomes Chairman of U.S. Light-House Board digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry Becomes Chairman of U.S. Light-House Board

Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Date:
October 1871
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Optics  Search this
Signals and signaling  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_317
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An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes

Author:
45th Congress, Sess. 2, 1878  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Armory Building  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 3; Page Numbers: 206, 214, 233
Type:
Public Law
Date:
1879
06/20/1878
Topic:
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Finance  Search this
Mineralogy  Search this
Museum finance  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Preservation of materials  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4042
view Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (May 18, 1864) digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry's Letter to Harriet Henry (May 18, 1864)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
United States Coast Survey  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 8 1/2w x 11h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Boston (Mass.)
Virginia
United States
Date:
May 18, 1864
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Letters  Search this
Light sources  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Science--Experiments  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Finances  Search this
History  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-3540 and SIA2012-3541
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13379
Online Media:
view Joseph Henry's Letter to Nancy Clarke Fowler Bache (February 19, 1866) digital asset number 1

Joseph Henry's Letter to Nancy Clarke Fowler Bache (February 19, 1866)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
Bache, Nancy  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Library of Congress  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)  Search this
United States Coast Survey  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
Smithsonian Deposit (Library of Congress)  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 6 ; Color: Color ; Size: 8 1/4w x 10 1/2h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Date:
February 19, 1866
Topic:
Letters  Search this
Legislation  Search this
Libraries  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Interagency Transfers  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-2680 and SIA2012-2681 and SIA2012-2682 and SIA2012-2683 and SIA2012-2684 and SIA2012-2685
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13292
Online Media:
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Eulogy on the Late Joseph G. Totten

Author:
Barnard, J. G  Search this
Subject:
Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864  Search this
United States. Army  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
pp. 137-172
Date:
1872
Topic:
Biography  Search this
Federal Government  Search this
Wartime Activities  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_2948
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Joseph Henry and Lighthouse Board Activities on Staten Island

Author:
Reed, Herbert B  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages : 3; Page numbers : 3-5
Place:
New York
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
1967
Topic:
Signals and signaling  Search this
Science--Experiments  Search this
Lighthouses  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12364

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