Abbot Sets up Solar Cooker on Mt. Wilson

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Summary

Charles Greeley Abbot, director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, sets up the solar cooker on Mt. Wilson and "reports that ... [it] now operates even better than in 1920."

Subject

  • Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
  • Mount Wilson Observatory
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 298, Box 1, "Local Notes," 9/13/1923, p. 1.

Contact information

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

Date

1923

Topic

  • Observatories
  • Astrophysics
  • Field stations
  • Secretaries
  • Astronomy
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory--Field stations

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