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Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.
Description: Joseph Henry,the first Smithsonian Secretary, served from 1846 to 1878 and was a physicist who conducted pioneering research in electromagnetism.
Showing results 2173 - 2184 of 2188 for The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History (Exhibition) (1986-circa 1992: Washington, D.C.)