CHARLES G. ABBOT (1872-1973) - Astrophysicist - Autograph Note For Sale

CHARLES GREELEY ABBOT (1872-1973)8.5x6\" typed note on Smithsonian Institution stationary from 1939 hand signed by Charles G. Abbot.American astrophysicist and also the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1928 until 1944 Abbot went from being director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to becoming Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution over the course of his career. As an astrophysicist, he researched the solar constant, research that led him to invent the solar cooker, solar boiler, solar still, and other patented solar energy inventions.