Henry Draper's Research Notebook
date: label: date made
content: 1872-1876
name: label: maker
content: Draper, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Draper (1837-1882) was a New York physician, and pioneer of astronomical photography and spectroscopy. This is his research notebook XI, and it runs from June 27, 1872 to April 24, 1876. Tipped into the notebook are numerous photographs of astronomical spectra, peeled off of the original glass backings.
label: Description
content: Ref: George F. Barker, “Memoir of Henry Draper,” <i>Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences</i> (1888), pp. 81-139.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Hastings-on-Hudson
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0359.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0359
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0359.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manuscript
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 16.2 cm x 2.86 cm; 7 7/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in