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Description
Edison Pettit was an astronomer on the staff of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories for thirty-five years. An observer and instrumentalist, he was a pioneer in the early fields of infrared and ultraviolet research. His collaboration with Seth B. Nicholson on the heat radiation from the planets and moon was the most significant research on these bodies during the first half of the twentieth century. Footage taken by Edison Pettit, consisting of views of Mount Wilson Observatory, the construction of the Mount Palomar Observatory, solar prominences (the jets of gas that shoot from the sun), family activities of the Pettit family, life on Mount Wilson, and Carnegie Observatories of Washington, shot between 1925 and 1940. Other locations include San Francisco, Oakland Bay Bridge, Santa Monica Pier, Pomona County Fair, a trailer show at Automobile club, and Griffith Park Zoo.
Type
moving image
Format
Original Silent Black and White 16mm film
Form/Genre
Amateur films
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
csmha_000434
Subject
Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories--History--Sources Mount Wilson Observatory--History--Sources Astronomers--United States--Archives
Time Period
1925/1940
Provenance
The Huntington Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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