Death of a Scientist: The Mysterious Demise of Smithsonian Pioneer Robert Kennicott
Robert Kennicott spent a lifetime collecting and analyzing specimens of the natural world, probing and pushing to see what they could reveal about life’s mysteries. Now, as his body lay along the ...
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Telephones Across the Smithsonian
headed by Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry. The Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone. In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the ...
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The Development of the Telephone
Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when ...
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Participatory Science
Since our founding, the Smithsonian has relied on the talents and dedication of people outside of the institution. James Smithson was a "gentleman-chemist," and our first Secretary, acclaimed ...
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Workers Uncover an Underground Chamber Sealed for More Than a Century Near the National Mall
The new building housed exhibition halls, a library, chemical laboratories, storage areas and, notably, the Smithsonian’s ...