Joseph Henry's Locked Book Entry (March 22, 1864)

Summary

Entry in the locked book of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, March 22, 1864. In the entry, Henry describes his examination of an aerial ship built by Solomon Andrews, an inventor.

Subject

Andrews, Solomon 1806-1872

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-0040 and SIA2012-0041, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 10, pages 364-365 (Document 207).

Contained within

• Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 39, Folder: 5 - Locked Book, B 1863-1876
• Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 10, The Smithsonian Years: January 1858-December 1865 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2004), 364-365

Contact information

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

Date

March 22, 1864

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Balloons (Aircraft)
• Secretaries
• Inventions
• Aeronautics
• Science
• Ballooning

Place

United States

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper
• Book

ID Number

SIA2012-3313

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 8w x 10 1/2h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper

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