Observations on an Aurora Borealis

ID: SIA2010-0731

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Document

Date: August 1872

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 60, Box 7, Folder: Aurora

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Summary

Observations taken from 9 p.m. August 3th to 2 a.m. August 9, 1872 in Holt County, Missouri, of an aurora. Detailed, timed observations on a single sized document in purple ink.

Subject

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878

Notes

After he was appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry's first major project was to create the Smithsonian Meteorological Project by using a countrywide network of voluntary observers to record climate information and send it to the Smithsonian via the growing telegraph network. The Smithsonian Meteorological Project existed from 1846-1870 and led to the founding of the National Weather Service.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 60, Box 7, Folder: Aurora

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

August 1872

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Weather
  • Letters
  • Voluntarism
  • Volunteers
  • Missouri

Place

Missouri

Form/Genre

  • Document
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0731

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 12.5h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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