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Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC02480.14

Title: to T.M. Barber

Author: Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834-1906)

Year: 1880/06/15

Place: Alleghany, Pennsylvania

Type of document: Autograph letter signed

Description: Discusses editing a paragraph describing an observatory in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Addressed to Barber as Professor, Western University of Pennsylvania.

Annotation: Langley was a renowned American astrophysicist and astronomer. He made model airplanes powered by whirling arms and steam engines.

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