Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23
DEATH OF AGED CLERK
MR. ADOLPH ImDENKoHL Sue
CUMBs Tu DISEASE.
Had Been Attached t. Coast and Geo.
detic Survey for Half
Cen*ury.

Mr.. Asolph LindenkbhL the senior drafts
man in tie coast and seocetsc survey, died
yesterday after service covering the past
fifty years.
Mr.. Lindenkohl was the soa of George c..
r. and A. T.. Lindenkoh, and was born at
NiederEaufungen. Hesse Cassel, Germany.
on March g. 1883. He was educated at the
kealschule and the Polytechnischule, grad
uating at the latter institution in 1852. Soon
after completing his course he came to the
United States and engaged in teaching for
two yel In 1854 he became a citizen Of
his adopted country and was appointed
craftsman in the coast survey, and held this
position until the day Of his death.
He spent much of his leisure time in
studying the vast physical problems relating
to the earth. devoting himself especially to
physical geography, oceanography and
deep SCI temperatures, ocasties and cur
rents. numerous articles upon these sub
Jects were written by him and have been
published as appendices to the coast and
geodetic survey reports. in Pctermann's
Mittellungen and in the American Journal
OF Science. He was always much interested
in geographical exploration and spent 4
good deal of time in compiling maps from
original sources, unofficaily.
His ability was rewarded in the coast sur
vey by promotion through all the grades of
lis profession until he became recognized
dowed With remarka BILE memory for facts
and dates. his intimate acquaintance with
the cnart work of the survey during the
fifty years of his service was of very great
value in. all matters concerning the COM
pilatioa of charts from the older records,
and the numerous drawings compiled and
made by him during the last half century
are said to bear witness to the skill and
fidelity which distinguished his career.
Served With Army.
During the civil war, from 1862 to GA, he
was detailed to serve with the Union army
as toposrapher. His first service in
aiding Assistant A. NJ Harrison in the topo-
graphic survey of the northern bank of the
Potomac river in the vicinity Of Rosters
Fluff, in December, 1862, under the drec-
ton of the engineer department of the
army. In the following summer he as
signed as topographer under the direction
of Col. J. H. Alexander, acting chief en-
gneer of the defenses of Baltimore. At the
request of the chief engineer of the military
department of West Virginia, Lieut.. Meigs,
Mr. Lindenkohl was detailed in October,
1863, to assist in compiling the data which
had been collected at Clarksburg from
army surveys and by expeditions Of the
cavalry forces. Other material, procured
from ,he records of surveys at Annapolis
and Baltimore, Maryland, and from the en-
gineer bureau was made auxiliary TO the
preparation Of a military map of the depart
construction of a large map of the environs
of Cumberland and computed the longitude
of number Of places an the state, from
sextant observations by Lieut. Meigs. He
was employed in West Virginia until the
10th Of February, and then returned to duty
In the drawing division of the coast survey
Office.
Some Of HIS Writings.
The following list includes some Of the ar
ticles prepared by him: Solution of the
three point problem. by determining the
point Of intersection of q side Of the given
triangle with line FROM the opposite point
to the unknown point, coast survey report.
1869. Geology of the se6 bottom in the APP
proach.a to New York bay, coast and geo
detic survey report 1854. Specific gravity
of the waters of the. Gulf of Mexico and
the gulf stream, coast and geodetic survey
report 1895; also IN PefFfm2 nh s. Mttteilun-
gen, 1885, Heft 2. Problems of physio-
graphy, concerning saltHity and tempera-
ture of the Pacific ocean. coast and geodetic
survey report, 1898; also In Pctermann
Mitteilungen, 1899, Heft l. Mount ST. Elias
IN Alaska und der Pix Won OriZa ba in Mex
leo, Petermann's Mitteilungen, 1893. Heft 6.
Des specifische Gewicht des Meerwsssers un
Observation-Disclosures Ocean i'm Zusammen-
kange NIT Temperatur und Stromungszus-
tande, Petermann's Mitteilungen, 1897, Heft
IL.
Mr. 1.indenkohl was a member OF the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science the Washington Academy or
Sciences, the Philosophical Society of Wash
ington and the National Geographic Society.