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Title: Smithsonian pyrheliometer building, at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905-08-08
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Smithsonian pyrheliometer building, at Mount Wilson Observatory. The wooden building is draped with a white tarpaulin. A scientific instrument, unidentified, is in front of the building, also partially covered with a white cloth. The building is nestled within a patch of shrubbery.
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 786
28783
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1183
Subject: Pyrheliometer
Solar radiation
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Wood frame buildings
Tarpaulins
Shrubs
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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