Dascom Greene papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 30
Scope and Contents
The Dascom Greene papers (MC 30) contain student lecture notebooks, and miscellaneous letters received while Greene was an RPI professor. The lectures (1852-1853) cover a variety of civil engineering topics, including strength of materials, surveying, theory of machines, constructions, etc. The miscellaneous letters discuss the U.S. Coast Survey's need for Troy latitude observations (1871-1874), and the chronograph which Greene ordered in 1882.
Dates
- Created: 1852-1900
Creator
- Greene, Dascom, 1825-1900 (Person)
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains a small portion of contents from Greene's time as Professor of Mathematics and Practical Astronomy at RPI.
- Author
- S. Kennick
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Institute Archives and Special Collections Repository
Contact:
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
lib-archives@rpi.edu
110 8th Street
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180-3590 US
518 276 8340
lib-archives@rpi.edu