| Author: | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Benjamin Silliman correspondence, 1808-1859
| | | Dates: | 1808-1859 | | | Abstract: | The Silliman Correspondence contains at least one item which may be of interest to naval historians: Silliman, Benjamin. Letter to Captain Charles Wilkes. 1845 December 20. Wants sample of spring water for study. Dr. C. T. Jackson's analysis of sea water has been published. 2 pages.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.Si4 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Friherre, 1779-1848 | Blowpipe. | Bonhams (Firm) | Brongniart, Alexandre-Theodore, 1739-1813 | Bronn, H. G., (Heinrich Georg), 1800-1862 | Chemistry | Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858 | Education | Educational Material | Ether | Geological Society of America. | Geology. | Green, Ashbel, 1762-1848 | Lowell Institute. | Mather, W. W., (William Williams), 1804-1859 | Natural history. | Orr, Andrew | Richards, John S. | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 | Telegraph | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | |
| Author: | Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | W. H. (William Henry) Smyth correspondence, 1820-1864
| | | Dates: | 1820-1864 | | | Abstract: | Naval historians may be interested in correspondence relating to nautical almanacs and submarine expeditions, and in Thomas Graves' account of the voyage of HMS Beagle.
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| | | Call #: | Mss.B.Sm98 | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear Feet | | | Subjects: | Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892 | Almanacs. | Arnold, Thomas (1795-1842) | Astronomical instruments. | Astronomy. | Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857 | Beyond Early America | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Dawes, William, 1762-1836 | Dollond, George, 1774-1852 | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Graves, Thomas. | Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896 | Hartwell Observatory. | Henderson, Thomas, 1798-1844 | Henslow, J. S. (John Stevens), 1796-1861 | Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 | Kater, Henry, 1777-1835 | Lassell, William, 1799-1880 | Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 | Maclear, Thomas, 1794-1879 | Microscopy. | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Nautical almanacs. | Petermann, A. (August Heinrich), 1822-1878 | Royal Astronomical Society. | Royal Observatory, Greenwich. | Royal Society (Great Britain) | Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855 | Smyth, Annarella Warington | Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Smyth, Warington Wilkinson, Sir, 1817-1890 | Somerville, Mary (1780-1872) | Submarines (Ships) | Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, Sir, 1776-1846 | Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780 | Zach, Franz Xaver, Freiherr von (1754-1832 ) | |
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