Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 1

(1858 - 1928) American army officer and engineer appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to supervise construction of the Panama Canal. A.L.S 1p. 4to. on He

(1791 - 1872) American inventor who experimented in telegraphy, inventor of the Morse Code, and sent the first wire message "What hath God wro...

(1822 - 1895) French chemist and biologist who developed antibodies for rabies and anthrax and disproved theories of spontaneous generation. Fine con

(1822 - 1895) French chemist and biologist who developed antibodies for rabies and anthrax and disproved theories of spontaneous generation. Brief A.

(1745 - 1827) Pioneering Italian physicist made a Count by Napoleon in 1810 for his work in the field of electricity. The electrical unit known as a v

(1846 - 1914) American inventor and industrialist who was chiefly responsible for the adoption of alternating current for electric power transmission

Scarce D.S. 1p. 4to., [n.p.], May 13, 1958, a listing of the names of 17 leaders of the Soviet's atomic bomb program, 13 of whom have signed bes...

(1871 - 1948) American inventor and a pioneer of flight, Wright, with his brother Wilbur, made the first successful flight of a motor-driven airplane

(1868 - 1912) British polar explorer remembered for his bravery in losing the race to the South Pole. His first expedition on the Discovery (1901-04,

(1874 - 1922) British polar explorer who accompanied Scott in his attempt to achieve the South Pole, later he led another expedition which resulted i