Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1861, Jan. 6 | Born, Boston, Mass. |
| 1884 | Graduated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1885 | Established the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, near Boston, Mass. |
| 1886-1912 | Editor or associate editor, American Meteorological Journal |
| 1888-1891 | Assistant in meteorology (honorary position), Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1889 | Made two balloon ascensions from Paris, France, using modern instruments |
| 1893 | Married Margaret Randolph Anderson |
| 1894 | Used kites for the first time to record data about the upper atmosphere |
| 1899-1912 | Librarian, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1900 | Published Sounding the Ocean of Air: Being Six Lectures Delivered to the Lowell Institute of Boston in December 1898. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. & J. B. Young & Co. |
| 1901 | Obtained meteorological data by flying kites from the deck of a moving steamer Invented a device to determine the true direction and velocity of the wind at sea |
| 1902-1906 | Assistant in meteorology (honorary position), Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1904 | Used free balloons to make the first meteorological observations in the United States at heights of five to ten miles |
| 1905 | Collaborated with Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort in sending an expedition to explore the atmosphere over the tropical and temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean, which secured data that later assisted in establishing the best routes for transatlantic flying |
| 1906 | First professor of meteorology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1909 | Made the first trigonometric measurements of the flight of pilot balloons in the United States Published The Conquest of the Air: The Advent of Aerial Navigation. New York: Moffat, Yard and Co. |
| 1911 | Published with Henry Palmer Charts of the Atmosphere for Aeronauts and Aviators. New York: J. Wiley and Sons |
| 1912, Apr. 7 | Died, Boston, Mass. |