Alexander Dallas Bache
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Alexander Dallas Bache's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics University of Pennsylvania
- Doctorate Science University of Pennsylvania
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army engineer, he later became Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and built it into the foremost scientific institution in the country before the Civil War.
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- Observations of the Magnetic Intensity at Twenty-One Stations in Europe (4)
- Researches concerning the Periodical Meteors of August and November (3)
- Abstract of results of a magnetic survey of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states in 1840 and 1841, with some additional results of 1843 and 1862, and a map (1863) (3)
- Discussion of the magnetic and meteorological observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. By A. D. Bache. (3)
- On the Relative Horizontal Intensities of Terrestrial Magnetism at Several Places in the United States, with the Investigation of Corrections for Temperature, and Comparisons of the Methods of Oscillation in Full and in Rarefied Air (3)
- Observations on Nebulae with a Fourteen Feet Reflector, Made by H. L. Smith and E. P. Mason, during the Year 1839 (3)
- Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. III, Cape Hatteras to Mosquito Inlet. (2)
- Address delivered at the close of the twelfth exhibition of American manufactures, held by the Franklin Institute of the state of Pennsylvania, for the promotion of the mechanic arts, October, 1842 (1842) (2)
- Letters to the editor erratum (1851) (2)
- Notes and Diagrams, Illustrative of the Directions of the Forces Acting at and near the Surface of the Earth, in Different Parts of the Brunswick Tornado of June 19th 1835 (2)
- Solar eclipse of 1860, July 18 (1860) (1)
- Meteoric observations made on and about the 13th of November, 1834 (1835) (1)
- Attempt to fix the date of Dr. Franklin's observation, in relation to the north-east storms of the Atlantic States (1833) (1)
- THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ERECTING IRON BRIDGES. (1)
- Collection of Observations on the Solar Eclipse of November 30th, 1834, Made at Philadelphia, Haverford, West-Hills, Baltimore, the University of Virginia, Norfolk, Cincinnati and Nashville. Reported March 6th, 1835 (1)
- On the Diurnal Variation of the Horizontal Needle (1)
- Observations to Determine the Magnetic Dip at Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, West Point, Providence, Springfield and Albany (1)
- Letters to the editor [latitude] (1852) (1)
- Occultations of the Pleiades (1859) (0)
- Alarm to be applied to the interior flues of steam boilers (1832) (0)
- CORRESPONDENCE. WARMING BUILDINGS BY STEAM. (0)
- Reports of the judges of the articles exhibited at the eighth exhibition of domestic manufactures; held by the Franklin institute in October, 1833 (1834) (0)
- Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. II, Nantucket to Cape Hatteras. (0)
- General account of the results of Part II of the discussion of the declinometer observations made at the Girard College, Philadelphia, between 1840 and 1845, with special reference to the solar diurnal variation and its annual inequality (1861) (0)
- Thirty-seventh quarterly report of the board of managers of the Franklin Institute (1833) (0)
- COAL-WASHING APPARATUS AT BESSEGES, FRANCE. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- Galveston Entrance, Texas (0)
- Note of the effect upon the magnetic needle, of the Aurora Borealis, visible at Philadelphia, on the 17th of May, 1833 (1833) (0)
- Investigation of the influence of the moon on the magnetic declination (0)
- Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas (0)
- Remarks on a method, proposed by Doctor Thomson, for determining the proportions of potassa and soda in a mixture of the two alkalies with the application of a similar investigation to a different method of analysis (1836) (0)
- Supplementary report from the same (1832) (0)
- Inquiry in relation to the alleged influence of colour on the radiation of non-luminous heat (1835) (0)
- On Dr. Rink's Remarks Respecting the Supposed Discovery by Dr. Kane of the North Coast of Greenland and an Open Polar Sea (0)
- Preliminary Chart of San Luis Pass, Texas (0)
- The latitude of the Cambridge Observatory, in Massachusetts : determined, from transits of stars over the prime vertical observed during the months of December, 1844, and January, 1845, by William C. Bond, Major James D. Graham, and George P. Bond (0)
- Notes and diagrams, illustrative of the directions of the forces acting at and near the surface of the earth, in different parts of the Brunswick Tornado, of June 19th, 1835 (1841) (0)
- Abstract of the reports on weights and measures which have been submitted to the congress of the United States, or to the legislature of Pennsylvania (1834) (0)
- Abstract of discussion of the influence of the Moon on the declination of the magnetic needle, from the observations at the Girard College, Philadelphia, between the years 1840 and 1845 (1861) (0)
- Report of experiments made by the committee of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, on the explosions of steam-boilers at the request of the treasury department of the United States (1836) (0)
- Astronomical observations made at Hudson Observatory, latitude 41° 14' 37" north, and longitude 5h. 25m. 42s. west : with some account of the building and instruments (0)
- DISCUSSION. MOVABLE BRIDGES. (0)
- MINERS' SAFETY-LAMPS. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- Experimental illustrations of the radiating and absorbing powers of surfaces for heat, of the effects of transparent screens, of the conducting power of solids, &c. (1835) (0)
- CORRESPONDENCE. THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ERECTING IRON BRIDGES. (0)
- Reconnaissance of Sabine Pass (0)
- Report of the committee to the board of managers (1839) (0)
- PEAT FUEL IN SCANDINAVIA. (0)
- Gulf stream explorations; third memoir; distribution of temperature in the water of the Florida Channel and Straits (1860) (0)
- Historical note on the discovery of the non-conducting power of ice (1836) (0)
- Note relating to the hardening of lime under water, by the action of carbonate of potassa, &c., and to the hardening of carbonate of lime in the air, by potassa and soda (0)
- Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces, in the Department of the Gulf (0)
- Observations of tides at Tahiti, made for the U. S. Coast Survey, under the direction of Capt. John Rodgers (1866) (0)
- Observations upon the facts recently, presented by Professor Olmsted, in relation to Meteors seen on the 13th of November, 1834 (0)
- CORRESPONDENCE. THE STRENGTHENING AND MAINTENANCE OF EARLY IRON BRIDGES. (0)
- Abstract of the investigation of the influence of the Moon, on the horizontal magnetic force, from observations made at the Girard College Observatory, in the years 1840-41-42-43-44-45 (1862) (0)
- CENTRIFUGAL VENTILATORS FOR MINES. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- Preliminary coast chart ... Florida Reefs [on four sheets] (0)
- On the comparative corrosion of iron, copper, zinc, &c., by a saturated solution of common salt (1835) (0)
- RACK RAILWAY WORKED BY ENDLESS ROPES, FOR STEEP INCLINES. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- Letters to the editor [moon culminations] (1851) (0)
- Observations on the disturbance in the direction of the horizontal needle, during the occurence of the Aurora of July 10th, 1833 (0)
- SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN COLLIERIES. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- Letters to the editor [solar eclipse] (1851) (0)
- CANAL NAVIGATION IN BELGIUM. (ABSTRACT). (0)
- On a New Method of Observing Transits (1849) (0)
- Results of magnetical observations made at Eastport, Maine, between 1860 and 1864, for the United States Coast Survey (1866) (0)
- Abstract of an investigation of the solar diurnal variation and of the annual inequality of the horizontal component of the magnetic force, from observations made at the Girard College Observatory, between 1840 and 1845 (1862) (0)
- DISCUSSION. MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SMOKELESS POWDER. (0)
- Experiments on the efficacy of Perkins' steam boilers, or circulators (1835) (0)
- Abstract of a discussion of the horizontal component of the magnetic force, from observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in the years 1840-41-42-43-44-45 (1862) (0)
- Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas (0)
- General account of the results of the discussion of the declinometer observations made at Girard College, Philadelphia, between the years 1840 to 1845, with special reference to the eleven year period (1860) (0)
- Longitude by lunar culminations (0)
- Proposed forms of diagrams for exhibiting to the eye the results of a register of the direction of the wind (1836) (0)
- Safety apparatus for steam boats, being a combination of the fusible metal disk with the common safety valve (1831) (0)
- Report of a Committee of the American Philosophical Society on Astronomical Observations : containing observations made in different parts of the United States, on the solar eclipse of February 12th, 1831 : read October 7, 1831 (0)
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