Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 1834 - 1906 (astronomer, physicist and aeronautics pioneer)
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Astronomical methods and instruments, 1878 - 1887
Card of visitors, 1877 - 1880
Personal and business cards of visitors to the Royal Observatory, including L.M. Rutherford, J.C. Watson, G. Davidson, S.P. Langley, H. Draper and A.S. Herschel. A large proportion of the cards belonged to foreign visitors.
Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1870 - 1875
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1834 - 1912
Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1878 - 1879
Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1879 - 1887
Papers on galvanism and electric clocks, 1864 - 1872
Papers on Government superintendence, 1861 - 1869
Papers on photography and astronomy, 1876 - 1878
Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1885 - 1900
A collection of loose portrait plates, chiefly of astronomers, printed from engravings, drawings and photographs. The portraits are arranged alphabetically by surname of the sitter. Alongside astronomers, sitters include physicists, mathematicians and other scientists of note. The collection also includes a single portrait of King Charles II, an RGO staff photograph, and a book of portraits of astronomers.
Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1890 - 1900
Printed photograph.
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