Charles Patton Howard

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(1853-1928) astronomer, industrialist, mechanical engineer; born March 12, 1853, in Hartford, CT; president, James L. Howard & Company, Inc.; member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; died, March 6, 1928, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (116 Farmington Avenue). Considered an authority on the manufacture of telescopes, and published articles on his observations of solar eclipses in Winton, NC, and Burzos, Spain.

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