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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Letters of transmittal, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection:

This collection consists of records related to the development of gyroscopic apparatus (or early inertial navigation instrument) by General Electric Co. for military use in World War 1. This instrument was invented by Charles G. Abbot, then director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Dates: undated

Correspondence and drawings, 1918 February - 1918 June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection:

This collection consists of records related to the development of gyroscopic apparatus (or early inertial navigation instrument) by General Electric Co. for military use in World War 1. This instrument was invented by Charles G. Abbot, then director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Dates: 1918 February - 1918 June

Correspondence and drawings, 1918 July - 1918 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content From the Collection:

This collection consists of records related to the development of gyroscopic apparatus (or early inertial navigation instrument) by General Electric Co. for military use in World War 1. This instrument was invented by Charles G. Abbot, then director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Dates: 1918 July - 1918 October

Correspondence and drawings, 1918 November-1920 January

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content From the Collection:

This collection consists of records related to the development of gyroscopic apparatus (or early inertial navigation instrument) by General Electric Co. for military use in World War 1. This instrument was invented by Charles G. Abbot, then director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Dates: 1918 November-1920 January