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SIA RU007068, Avery, Robert Stanton 1808-1894, Robert Stanton Avery Papers, 1855-1894
Summary
- Creator:
- Avery, Robert Stanton 1808-1894
- Title:
- Robert Stanton Avery Papers, 1855-1894
- Dates:
- 1855, 1855-1894
- Notes:
- Robert Stanton Avery (1808-1894) graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1846, but soon turned his attention to mathematics and its application to the physical sciences. Avery taught at schools in the South, and in 1853, joined the United States Coast Survey (USCS), where he became Chief of the Tidal Division. His duties included receiving observer reports taken from tide gauges established on the coasts of the United States and computing tide estimates based on the data received. When Avery retired from the USCS in 1885, he devoted his remaining years to the development of the techniques of phonetic spelling
- Summary:
- These papers consist of correspondence with members of the United States Coast Survey chiefly concerning tide gauges; descriptions and drawings of working parts of clocks and tide gauges; mathematical equations and tables; records of data connected with Coast Survey work; office notes and vouchers; drafts for articles written and collected by Avery; USCS, mathematical, and scientific publications; and Avery's phonetic alphabet primers. Also included is correspondence concerning a proposal to print Avery's primers in Great Britain, and an obituary of Avery
- Topics:
- History of science and technology, Mathematics
- Subjects:
- Avery, Robert Stanton 1808-1894, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Form/Genre:
- Mixed archival materials, Collection descriptions
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007068
- Physical Description:
- 1.1 linear meters
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Table of Contents
- Collection Overview
- Historical Note
- Introduction
- Descriptive Entry
- Index Terms
- Administrative Information
- Container List
- Series 1 - CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY 1856-1894.
- Series 2 - RECORDS OF DATA AND COMPUTATIONS.
- Series 3 - MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS AND TABLES.
- Series 4 - CLOCKS AND TIDE-GAUGES.
- Series 5 - OFFICE NOTES.
- Series 6 - PHONETIC ALPHABET PROJECT.
- Series 7 - HANDWRITTEN ARTICLE DRAFTS AND NOTES.
- Series 8 - PUBLICATIONS.
- Series 9 - LARGE FORMAT MATERIALS.
Record Unit 7068
Avery, Robert Stanton, 1808-1894
Robert Stanton Avery Papers, 1855-1894
Collection Overview | |
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Avery, Robert Stanton, 1808-1894 |
| Title: | Robert Stanton Avery Papers |
| Dates: | 1855-1894 |
| Quantity: | 1.1 linear meters. |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7068 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
Historical Note
Robert Stanton Avery (1808-1894) graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1846, but soon turned his attention to mathematics and its application to the physical sciences. Avery taught school in the South, and in 1853 joined the United States Coast Survey (USCS) where he became chief of the Tidal Division. His duties included receiving observer reports taken from tide gauges established on the coasts of the United States and computing tide estimates based on the data received. When Avery retired from the USCS in 1885, he devoted his remaining years to the development of the techniques of phonetic spelling.
Introduction
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.
Descriptive Entry
These papers consist of correspondence with members of the United States Coast Survey chiefly concerning tide gauges; descriptions and drawings of working parts of clocks and tide gauges; mathematical equations and tables; records of data connected with Coast Survey work; office notes and vouchers; drafts for articles written and collected by Avery; USCS mathematical and scientific publications; and Avery's phonetic alphabet primers. Also included is correspondence concerning a proposal to print Avery's primers in Great Britain and an obituary of Avery.
Notations within the papers are frequently done in stenography. Knowledge of stenography will be helpful in understanding this material. Correspondents include: Robert Stanton Avery, Alexander Dallas Bache, John Batchelder, Thomas Craig, Julius Erasmus Hilgard, Samuel P. Langley, Macmillan and Company, L. W. Meech, Benjamin Peirce, Charles Anthony Schott, William Wesley and Son, and B. Westerman and Company.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7068, Avery, Robert Stanton, 1808-1894, Robert Stanton Avery Papers
Container List
Series 1
CORRESPONDENCE. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY 1856-1894.Box 1
A - C
F - H
L - M
N - P
R - W
Miscellaneous correspondence
Series 2
RECORDS OF DATA AND COMPUTATIONS.Box 1
Astronomical
Astronomical
Astronomical, oversize (see Box 3)
Lunar, Paris, Greenwich, Alcyone, 1850-1860
Lunar, Boston, 1855, 1857
Lunar, 1870-1873
Lunar, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1877-1878
Lunar, Sausalito, California, 1878
Meteorological
Tide, San Diego, California, 1854-1874
Tide, Baltimore, Philadelphia, 1855
Tide, Sitka, Alaska Territory, 1867
Tide, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1875
Tide, Tahiti, 1878
Tide, oversize (see Box 3)
Notes, figures, and tables (3 folders)
Series 3
MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS AND TABLES.Box 1
Geometric theories, equations, and solutions (3 folders)
Logarithmic tables
Metric system
Tidal formulas
Table of Products of All Integer Numbers Up to 100 Multiplied by 100, by Robert S. Avery
Table of Products of Numbers up to 100, by Robert S. Avery
Table of squares to 1000 squared
Table of the Values of Sin Q, Sin 2Q, Sin 3Q, Cos Q, Cos 2Q, Cos 3Q in Time, by Robert S. Avery
Tables of Factors for Reduction of Transit Observation
Mathematical miscellaneous
Series 4
CLOCKS AND TIDE-GAUGES.Box 1
Drawings and descriptions of working parts of clocks and tide-gauges. See Box 3.
Papers relating to tide-gauges, and meters
Papers relating to clocks for tide-gauges
Plans for putting up tide-gauges; transportation and accommodations, 1874-1876
Avery's report of his visit to clock dealers, October 1870
Series 5
OFFICE NOTES.Box 1
Circular concerning working hours, 1867
Travel expense vouchers
Office notes miscellaneous
Series 6
PHONETIC ALPHABET PROJECT.Box 1
Papers concerning the Phonetic Alphabet
Proofs and corrections for Avery's Phonetic Alphabet books
Papers concerning electrotyping
Series 7
HANDWRITTEN ARTICLE DRAFTS AND NOTES.Box 1
A Brief History of Intemperance and Temperance, by William M. (?) Meech.
A First Cause Proved from the Nature of Chance, by L. W. Meech.
A Tabular Statement of Results Computed for Tide Tables for Charts of the Western Coast of the United States, by R. S. Avery.
A Tide-gauge with Heating Apparatus, by R. S. Avery.
Barometer
Character Essential to Success in Life, author unknown.
Clock
Clock and Watchwork
Corrections for the Moon's Parallax
Description of a Heating Apparatus to use with a Tide-gauge
Device for regulating the movements of the cylinders of a self-adjusting apparatus
Dipleidoscope (extract)
Direction for Starting the Tide-gauge at Fox Island - For the use of the observer
Discussion by R. S. Avery of the Height of the Tides Observed at San Francisco in 1855
Discussion by R. S. Avery of the Sidereal Time of Tides Observed at San Francisco in 1855
Experiments with Spiral Springs
Extracts from Historical Recollections of Connecticut, author unknown
For Tide-gauge, Float and Tubes
Forms for Some Computation in Harmonic Analysis, by R. S. Avery
(No title) Logarithms
Magnetic Survey, by Alexander Dallas Bache, circa 1862, pp 3-51
Magnetic Survey, by Alexander Dallas Bache, circa 1862, pp 52-101
Magnetic Survey, by Alexander Dallas Bache, circa 1862, pp 102-161
Mode of Forming a Brief Tidal Table for a Chart, by R. S. Avery
Mode of Forming a Brief Prediction Tide Table, by R. S. Avery
New Mode of Approximation
New Style gauge for North Haven, Maine, and other papers
Notebook
Observing Current, by R. S. Avery
Of the Tide at Papeete, Tahiti, by R. S. Avery, February 13, 1860
On Recording Tidal Observations, by R. S. Avery
(No title) relating to origin of language, author unknown
Plan for a Box Tide-gauge, 1879
Papers relating to tide observation in the Polar Region
Preliminary Note on a New Tide Predicter by E. Robert (extract, 1879)
Self-registering tide gauge
Box 2
Suggestions Relative to Tidal Discussion, December 1856
The Historians of Persia, author unknown
The Time Argument for Tidal Computations, 1857
Tide (extract, 1868)
Tide-gauge with a suspended balance tube glycerine
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, September 1, 1858
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, April 5, 1859
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, June 14, 1859
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, September 22, 1859
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, September 30, 1859
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, December 23, 1859
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, February 26, 1860
To Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey, from R. S. Avery, August 23, 1860
Transformation of Mr. Meech's Formula for the Time of a Tide, by R. S. Avery, 1856
Variation of the Needle (extract)
Miscellaneous
Series 8
PUBLICATIONS.Box 2
A General Differential Equation in the Theory of the Deformation of Surfaces, by Thomas Craig, 1879
Almanac, 1884
Anti-Phonetic First-book, by Robert Stanton Avery, 1893
The Astronomical Journal, 1855
Avery's Phonetic Alphabet, by Robert Stanton Avery, 1893
Catalogues
Catalogues
Civil Service Reform Association
Committee for the Purpose of Promoting the Extension, Improvement, and Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Observation, 1870
Directions for the Observation of Tides, 1852
Directions in Regard to the Operations of the Coast Survey, 1855-1856
Fluctuations in the Moon's Mean Motion by Simon Newcomb, 1909
Laws and Regulations relating to the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the United States, 1881
The Mathematical Magazine, January-October, 1882
The Mathematical Magazine, January-October, 1883
The Mathematical Magazine, January-October, 1884
The Mathematical Visitor, July 1880
The Mathematical Visitor, January 1881
The Mathematical Visitor, January 1882
The Motion of a Solid in a Fluid, by Thomas Craig, 1879
Nature, August 9, 1883
Newspaper article, October 8, 1894
On a Method of Swinging Pendulums for the Determination of Gravity Proposed by M. Faye, by C. S. Peirce, 1879
On Steady Motion in an Incompressible Viscous fluid, by Thomas Craig, 1880
On the Tidal Current of New York Bay Near Sandy Hook, by A. D. Bache, 1868
On Tides and Tidal Action in Harbor, by J. E. Hilgard, 1875
Philosophic Society of Washington
Phonetic First-book, by Robert Stanton Avery, 1893
The Phonetic Primer, by Robert Stanton Avery, 1893
Photograph of the Tycho region of the Moon
Report of the Committee Approved for the Purpose of Promoting the Extension, Improvement, and Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Observation, 1872
Roberts' Tide Predicting Machine, December 1879
Science, January 4, 1884
Science of the Tide, by William Whewill, 1834
Self-Registering Tide Gauge; Instruction for Observers, by A. D. Bache, November 26, 1859
Tidal Area of San Francisco Bay, 1881
Tide and Tidal Phenomena, by Henri Mitchell, 1868
Un Ensayo de Fotografia Lunar, Luis G. Leon, 1909
United States Coast Survey, 1860
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey publications, 1868-1875
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey publications, 1879-1882
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey publications, 1882-1884
Papers printed in German
Lists of publications
Series 9
LARGE FORMAT MATERIALS.Box 3
Drawings and notes for working parts of clocks and tidal gauges
Tables, miscellaneous
Four rolls of calculations (unidentified) - likely tidal calculations and calculations of mathematical functions
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