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Captain Derickson usually had breakfast with the President and rode with him in his carriage to the War Department or to the White House. As noted in a famous letter (now in the Smithsonian) that Lincoln wrote about Company K and its captain, Mr. Lincoln often stayed at the Soldiers' Home, which was then called the Soldiers' Retreat...
Many of these telescopes, cameras, radiometers, spectrometers and spectrographs have been built, and others are being built by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory and the closely associated Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The laboratories on Observatory Hill have become modern electronic workshops...
...substantial as Saturn itself. But astronomers know better: the great rings are really next to nothing at all. Stars shine right through them, and when they turn edge-on toward earth they vanish completely. This should not be surprising, say Drs. Allan Cook and Fred Franklin of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Cambridge, Mass. The beautiful rings, as the two astronomers see them, are less than 8 in. thick...
...educationally through a host of subjects and themes. In the coming week, for example, Discovery '63 covers unusual zoo animals, the U.S.'s Gemini space project, micro-projection of tiny objects and organisms, a trip through Washington, B.C., with Interior Secretary Udall, and a visit to the Smithsonian Institution...
...ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution, Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., presented his silvery space suit, boots, helmet, and the small American flag he carried on his historic triple orbit to the National Air Museum. He also noted his Friendship 7 capsule, already on display. "This is somewhat of a reunion." said Glenn in wry reference to the capsule's world tour and his own full schedule of public speeches. "We've both got a lot more mileage on us than last year...