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  1. Black circular device with a tape measure and description cards below it.

    The Spinthariscope and the Smithsonian

    • Date: January 9, 2018
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_arc_287602,size=250,left]As a child in England in the 1930s, Oliver Sacks enjoyed playing with his Uncle Abe’s spinthariscope. It was, he would later recall, “a beautifully simple instrument, consisting of a fluorescent screen and a magnifying eyepiece, and inside, an infinitesimal speck of radium.We take a look at the spinthariscope at the Smithsonian.

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  3. Draft of a Letter from the Columbian Institute to Congress, February 6, 1822

    Draft of a Letter from the Columbian Institute to Congress, February 6, 1822

    • Date: 1822 February 6, 1822

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  5. Langley with His Aerodrome.

    Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley

    • Date: December 15, 2015
    • Creator: William Bennett
    • Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.

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  7. A man wearing a headphone-like device sits in a leather chair.

    The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens

    • Date: September 3, 2019
    • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
    • Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.

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    SIA RU000325, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates, Records, 1907-1982

    • Date: 1907 1907-1982
    • Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA RU007417, Bailey, Florence Merriam 1863-1948, Florence Merriam Bailey Papers, 1865-1942

    • Date: 1865 1865-1942
    • Creator: Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  13. Album 1 Wyoming, 1910; Alaska, 1911; Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1911-1912; includes photographs of Wetmore, Merritt Cary, Daniel Denison Streeter, and Arthur Cleveland Bent

    Album 1 Wyoming, 1910; Alaska, 1911; Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, 1911-1912; includes photographs of Wetmore, Merritt Cary, Daniel Denison Streeter, and Arthur Cleveland Bent

    • Date: 1910-1912 1910 1912

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  15. Blog Post

    Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

    • Date: November 22, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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  17. Blog Post

    Broadcasting Live from the Sun...

    • Date: November 22, 2016
    • Creator: Ellen Alers
    • Description: A look at fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, Charles Greeley Abbot's work into solar energy.

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  19. Letter from H. Meigs to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, January 21, 1822.

    Letter from H. Meigs to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, January 21, 1822.

    • Date: 1822 January 21, 1822

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    SIA Acc. 12-501, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department, Grant Proposals, 2006-2009

    • Date: 2006 2006-2009
    • Creator: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  23. U. S. National Museum log book of collecting trips for fossil cetaceans 1906

    U. S. National Museum log book of collecting trips for fossil cetaceans 1906

    • Date: 1906-1908 19060328 19080629

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