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Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel.Famous astronomer - worked with Coast Survey on retainer.Primarily involved with development of telegraphic determination of longitude

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NOAA Central Library

Display Date

1862

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NOAA People

Coast & Geodetic Survey

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Personnel

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Ormsby Mitchel