Lane, Jonathan Homer, 1819-1880

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Personal name heading	Lane, Jonathan Homer, 1819-1880 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Found in	Scientific and personal papers of Jonathan Homer Lane, 1836-1878: (b. Aug. 9, 1819, Geneseo, N.Y.; graded from Yale, 1846; employed by the United States Coast Survey; appointed as assistant examiner in the United States Patent Office, 1848; promoted to the position of principal examiner. 1851; worked with the Office of Standard Weights and Measures, 1869-1880; member of the United States expedition that observed the total solar eclipse at Des Moines, Iowa, 1869; sent to observe another eclipse at Catania, Spain, 1870; known for his mechanical and optical inventions) National Cyclopedia of American Biography, v. 3: (Jonathan Homer Lane; b. Aug. 9, 1819, Geneseo, N.Y.; d. May 3, 1880, Washington, D.C.; scientist; with the Coast Survey; the U.S. Patent Office, and the Bureau of Weights and Measures) Findagrave.com search, July 23, 2012 (Jonathan Homer Lane; b. Aug. 9, 1819, Geneseo, N.Y.; d. May 3, 1880, Washington, D.C.; burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) OCLC, July 23, 2012 (hdgs.: Lane, Jonathon Homer; Lane, Jonathan Homer, 1819-1880; usage: Jonathan Homer Lane)