Bergen Davis notebooks,
1898-1912.
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Davis, Bergen,
Size of collection
1.75 linear feet
3 manuscript boxes,
1 half manuscript box
Short description of collection
Student notebooks and experimental notebooks from Bergen Davis.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR245
Bergen Davis (1869—1958) attended Rutgers College, where he earned his B.S. degree in 1896. He then attended Columbia University, studying with Drs. Robert S. Woodward and Ogden N. Rood. He earned his degree of Master of Arts in physics in 1900, and in 1901 began an appointment as Assistant in
Physics at Columbia. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Columbia in 1901, then went overseas to study in Gottingen with Reiche and Cavendish Laboratory with J.J. Thomson. He returned to Columbia in 1903 as Tutor in Physics, and held appointments as Instructor from 1907 to 1909, as Adjunct Professor from 1909 to 1913, as Associate Professor from 1913 to 1919, and as Professor of Physics from 1919 until his retirement in 1939, when he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Physics. He was known for his work in X-rays, ionization and discharge through gases. [condensed from "A Biographical Memoir," by Harold W. Webb]
Student notebooks and experimental notebooks. The student notebooks (1899-1905) consist of lecture and laboratory notes taken by Davis while a student at Columbia University, the University of Göttingen, and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. Courses and professors at Columbia University include Mechanics, taught by Robert S. Woodward; Light Theory, by William Hallock; and Electronics and Magnetism, by Michael I. Pupin. At the University of Göttingen courses included Mechanics, taught by R.G. Weber; Basic Mechanics and Magnetism, taught by Woldemar Voigt; and Electric Phenomena, by Carl V.E. Reicke, as well as other courses (teachers unidentified) on thermodynamics, the theory of gases, and electric phenomena in gases. At the Cavendish Laboratory courses included Electrodynamics, taught by Sir Joseph Larmor, and Hydrodynamics by Sir George Stokes. The experimental notebooks (1899-1900) are for work done while a research fellow at Columbia University in the fields of electricity and magnetism, electron dynamics, and circuit equations.
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Persons
Davis, Bergen, 1869-1958.
Hallock, William.
Larmor, Joseph, Sir, b.1857.
Pupin, Michael Idvorsky, 1858-1935
Reiche, Carl V. E.
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir, 1819-1903.
Voigt, Woldemar, 1850-1919.
Weber, R. G.
Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924.
Institutions
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Columbia University
Universität Göttingen.
Subject terms
Electrodynamics.
Hydrodynamics.
Magnetism.
Thermodynamics.
This collection is organized in a single series:
This series is arranged chronologically.
This collection was processed by
Lara D'Agaro in
2007.
Box [number], Folder [number], Bergen Davis notebooks, 1899-1912. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Bergen Davis notebooks, 1898-1912.
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2009
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Vector analysis, Dr. Little, copied from B.G. Nutting,
1898 |
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Folder 2 |
Mechanics 10, Professor Woodward,
1899 |
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Folder 3 |
Mechanics 10, Professor Woodward,
1900 |
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Folder 4 |
Undulatory theory of light, Professor Hallock,
1900 |
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Folder 5 |
Mechanics 11: potential functions, volume 1,
1900 |
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Folder 6 |
Mechanics 14: electricity and magnetism, Professor Michael I. Pupin, volume 1,
1900 |
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Folder 7 |
Mechanics 14: electricity and magnetism, Professor Michael I. Pupin, volume 2,
1900-1901 |
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Folder 8 |
Elementary mechanics, Professor Woldemar Voigt, volume 2,
1901 |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Mechanics 11: potential functions, volume 2,
1901 |
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Folder 2 |
Description of experiments,
1901 |
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Folder 3 |
The motion of fluids,
1901-1902 |
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Folder 4 |
Warm theorie,
1901-1902 |
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Folder 5 |
Electric phenomena, Professor Carl V.E. Reicke,
1902 |
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Folder 6 |
Electro-dynamics, Sir Joseph Larmor,
1902 |
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Folder 7 |
Experiments with gases,
1902-1903 |
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Folder 8 |
Gas theory, Sir Joseph Larmor,
1903 |
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Folder 9 |
Dynamics of the electron, Professor M.I. Pupin,
1905 |
| Box 3 |
Folder 1 |
Dynamics of the electron, Professor M.I. Pupin, part II,
1905 |
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Folder 2 |
Warmelehre, Professor Woldemar Voigt,
1912 |
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Folder 3 |
Warmelehre, Professor Woldemar Voigt, volume 2,
1912 |
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Folder 4 |
Circuit equations, Professor M.I. Pupin,
undated |
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Folder 5 |
Discharge through gases,
undated |
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Folder 6 |
Electrical phenomena in gases, Professor Kaufmann,
undated |
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Folder 7 |
Electricity and magnetism,
undated |
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Folder 8 |
Electricity and magnetism notes,
undated |
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Folder 9 |
Electrochemistry, Professor Walther Nernst,
undated |
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Folder 10 |
Examination notes in theoretical physics,
undated |
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Folder 11 |
Experimental notebook,
undated |
| Box 4 |
Folder 1 |
Hydrodynamics, Sir George Stokes,
undated |
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Folder 2 |
Hydrodynamics, Sir George Stokes,
undated |
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Folder 3 |
Magnetism, Professor Woldemar Voigt,
undated |
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Folder 4 |
Mathematics of electric radiation, Sir Joseph Larmor,
undated |
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Folder 5 |
Theory of gases,
undated |
