Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence

Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence
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PDF icon Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence
Number of Pages: 
3
Date: 
March 29, 1873

Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Spencer Baird writes to George Lawrence regarding the acquisition of dynamite cartridges "for the purpose of blasting out crevices of rock, or exploding under water for the purpose of killing fish."

People: 
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Lawrence, George Newbold
Subject: 
Science and Technology
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 
1860-1879
Location: 
I-SpahrB-1966-12
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr