William A. Glassford

William Alexander Glassford was a Signal Corps officer involved in ballooning from the 1880s. When he retired in 1918 he was head of the aviation station at North Island, San Diego.

One of his areas of interest was signaling through heliography. The Library of Congress has a map he prepared (June, 1900) of Puerto Rico showing "lines of signal communication, telegraph, telephone, and heliograph, operated by the Signals Corps, U.S. Army, with military posts".

Publications by or about William A. Glassford or W. A. Glassford

• Glassford, Prolegomenon. With historic sketch of balloon during Civil War and United States Army Aeronautical Corps (Simple title: Prolegomenon. With historic sketch of balloon during Civil War and United States Army Aeronautical Corps, Journal: Journal of Military Service Institution)
• Glassford, 1897, Annual Report
• Glassford, 1908, Memorandum on the Santiago captive balloon (Simple title: Memorandum on the Santiago captive balloon, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Glassford, 1908, Our army and aerial warfare (Simple title: Our army and aerial warfare, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
• Glassford, 1909, A. The future of aeronautics (Simple title: A. The future of aeronautics, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Glassford, 1910, Aeronautics and war (Simple title: Aeronautics and war, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Glassford, 1916, Col. Glassford lauds North Island as aviation site (Simple title: Col. Glassford lauds North Island as aviation site, Journal: Aerial Age)

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Names	William A. Glassford
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Death date	1931-08-06
Countries	US
Locations	Denver; Arizona; Omaha; San Diego
Occupations	military officer
Tech areas	LTA, Airplane, Military, Communications
Affiliations	U.S. Army Signal Corps
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