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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Selected papers [microfilm], 1827-1833.
Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.
Physicist (electricity and magnetism) and administrator. Professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, Albany Academy, 1826-1832; professor of natural philosophy, College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1832-1846; and first secretary and director of Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1878.
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894.
Maclean, John, 1800-1886.
Princeton University
Smithsonian Institution
Astronomy -- Observations
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Electricity.
Electrochemistry.
Electromagnetism.
Geomagnetism. -- Observations.
Mechanics.
Metaphysics.
Meteorology -- Observations
Physical instruments
Physics -- Study and teaching
Telegraph.
Laboratory notes. aat aat
College teachers. lcsh
Physicists. lcsh
Inventors. lcsh
Beck, Lewis.
Courtney, Edward H.
Millington, John.
Henry, Mary.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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