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Title
Charles Abbot carrying his radiometer on Mount Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued
1927-09-02
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Charles Abbot carrying his radiometer on Mount Wilson. Abbot is walking along the side of a mountain road, wearing a shirt, pants and a hat. The radiometer is in his right hand. Trees are seen along the road behind him.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 2658
30655
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1533
Subject
Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973
Astronomers
Scientists
Radiometers
Meteorological instruments
Mountain roads
Trees
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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