American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian (1834-1906)

Biographical sketch of James Smithson / abridged from chapter on James Smithson by S.P. Langley in "The Smithsonian institution, 1846-1896, the history of its first half century," 1897.

The removal of the remains of James Smithson / by S.P. Langley.

Memoir of George Brown Goode, 1851-1896 / by S.P. Langley.

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Biographical sketch of James Smithson / abridged from chapter on James Smithson by S.P. Langley in "The Smithsonian institution, 1846-1896, the history of its first half century," 1897.

The removal of the remains of James Smithson / by S.P. Langley.

Memoir of George Brown Goode, 1851-1896 / by S.P. Langley.