Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
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