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."

Time Period
Location
I-SpahrB-1966-12
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence