Box 4
Container
Contains 45 Results:
Notes (Ca. 100 half-sheet pages of notes on Telegraphic Longitude, arranged alphabetically by subject)
File — Box: 4, Folder: 35
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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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...
Telegraphic apparatus (Diagrams, descriptions, illustrations) Primary Sources, 1845-1931
File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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:
1845-1931
"Arizona Telegraph Line", The Telegrapher, 1873
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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:
1873
"An Astronomical Clock [proposed by Chicago City Council]", The Telegrapher, , 1869
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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:
1869
"Distribution of Time Signals", American Journal of Science, , 1881
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1881
"Electro-Astronomical Experiments", The Telegrapher, , 1869
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1869
"Greenwich Mean Time -- The Galvanic Clock", The Telegrapher, 1873
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1873
"Longitude of New York City by Magnetic Telegraph", Littell's Living Age,
, 1847
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1847
"Review of the Annual Report on the U. S. Coast Survey", American Journal of Science and Arts, , 1848
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1848
"Review of the Results of the U. S. Coast Survey", American Journal of Science and Arts, 1858
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1858
"Speed of Transmission of Electric Signals", The Telegrapher, 1869
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1869
"Standard Time -- An Important Application of the Telegraph -- Uniform Time throughout the Country", The Telegrapher,
, 1873
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1873
"Telegraph in the Sierra Nevadas", The Telegrapher, 1869
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1869
"Telegraphic Longitude at Brussels", American Journal of Science and Arts, 1854
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1854
"Velocity of the Electric Impulse", The Telegrapher, , 1869
File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
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:
1869
Airy, G. E. "On the Method of Observing and Recording Transits, Lately Introduced in America", Royal Astron. Soc., Monthly Notices, , 1849-1850
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:
1849-1850
Bache, A. D. "Credit to Whom Credit is Due" Extract of speech, 1857
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:
1857
Blondel. "Sur l'application de la télégraphie électrique au perfectionnement de la Carte de France", Academie des Sciences, Comptes-rendus, , 1853
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:
1853
Davidson, George. "Programme for Determination of Difference of Longitude by Telegraph between San Francisco, Cal., and Stations in Nevada" used for Wheeler Survey in Nevada, 1869
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:
1869
Dean, George W. "Longitude Determination across the Continent" (excerpt), 1871
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:
1871
Jolly, H. L. P. "Report on the Geodetic Application of Wireless Telegraphy", 1931
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:
1931
Le Verrier, U. J. J. "Sur la détermination des longitudes terrestres" Academie des Sciences, Comptes-rendus, , 1856
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:
1856
Lovering, Joseph. "On the Determination of Transatlantic Longitudes by Means of the Telegraphic Cables", 1873
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:
1873
Lyman, C. S. "Notice of Dr. Gould's Report on the Trans-Atlantic Longitude", 1870
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:
1870
Morse, Samuel F. B. "Télégraphe électro-magnétique," Academie des Sciences, Comptes-rendus, 1838
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:
1838