Secretary Charles G. Abbot's Solar Cooker at Mt. Wilson, CA
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Astrophysicist Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot's solar cooker, which cooks food by solar energy, at Mount Wilson, California. Dr. Abbot was the fifth Smithsonian Institution Secretary from 1928 to 1944, and director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1907-1944. From 1905 through the 1930s, the Astrophysical Observatory used the telescopes at Mount Wilson.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 189, Folder: 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1920s?
- Standard number
- MAH 11020-B or MAH11020B
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Solar Cooker
- Instruments
- Observing (field) stations
- Observatories
- Record ID
- siris_sic_8184
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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