Joseph Henry and Lighthouse Board Activities on Staten Island

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Summary

Joseph Henry served on the United States Light House Board from 1852 until his death in 1878. This article is about the board's activities at the Staten Island Light House Depot, where Henry experimented with alternatives to sperm oil for lighting lamps.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • United States Light House Board

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Notes

General Notes

Contained within

The Staten Island Historian 28 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1967

Topic

  • Signals and signaling
  • Science
  • Lighthouses
  • Experiments
  • Science--Experiments

Place

  • Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York

Physical description

Number of pages : 3; Page numbers : 3-5

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