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Why an Astronomer Turned to Trees to Try to Solve a Celestial Mystery

Smithsonian Magazine
Andrew Ellicott Douglass's theory of sunspots and climate was wrong, but he still pioneered the science of tree-ring dating.
89 months ago

Paleoclimatology: Climate Close-up

NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
Both tree rings and similar rings in ocean coral can tell scientists about rainfall and temperatures during a single growing season.
227 months ago

The Mound Line

Bureau of Land Management (.gov)
We are heading south to the Alabama-Florida state line to learn about the United States boundaries and Andrew Ellicott, a prolific surveyor involved in...
24 months ago

First recorded meteor shower in North America | November 12, 1799 | HISTORY

History.com
Andrew Ellicott, an early American astronomer, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys.
178 months ago

History with HLOM: Influential surveyor Andrew Ellicott overshadowed his younger brother

TheDailyNewsOnline.com
BATAVIA — When most hear the name Ellicott, they instantly think of Joseph, and rightly so.
47 months ago

100 years ago, 'telescope of huge size' launched UArizona's leading role in astronomy

University of Arizona News
On April 23, 1923, the University of Arizona community, distinguished visitors and Andrew Ellicott Douglass, the first director of Steward...
19 months ago

A Mom’s Sabbatical and Finding Ellicott’s Rock

Ordinary Times
Andrew Ellicott's expedition in Georgia took a year. I left my house that morning at 7am and was home by 5pm.
32 months ago

William Silver Ii Obituary 2018

McComas Family Funeral Homes
William Silver II, retired electrical engineer and World War II veteran, died at his home Friday, April 27, 2018 due to complications accompanying a long and...
79 months ago

Fun Fact: Which MD County Was Home to Math and Science Pioneer, Benjamin Banneker?

Maryland Association of Counties
Born in 1731, in Ellicott's Mills in Baltimore County, Benjamin Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science.
9 months ago

The Avenues of America

NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
The original layout and design of Washington, DC, comes to life in this springtime photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
41 months ago