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Box 4

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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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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 Also included are published and unpublished secondary literature relating to these topics, manuscript research notes, correspondence, and bibliographical information about primary and secondary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