Secretary Charles G. Abbot with Solar Boiler

ID: 4694-C or MNH-4694C

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. September 30, 1936

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 7

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Summary

Astrophysicist and fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1928-1944) Charles G. Abbot with a half horse-power solar boiler, exhibited at the International Congress of Engineers and used by the National Broadcasting Company with a steam engine and generator to broadcast to the United States and Canada. In the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle", Secretary Abbot is seen here to the right of the photograph with his hand on the machine. There are three unidentified men to the left of the solar boiler.

Subject

  • Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
  • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • South Yard
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

c. September 30, 1936

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Astrophysicists
  • Astrophysics
  • Secretaries
  • Inventions
  • Employees
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Solar energy
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Physicists
  • Solar Boiler
  • Special events
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Event

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid
  • Event

ID Number

4694-C or MNH-4694C

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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