Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.
Josiah W. Gibbs papers, 1811-1947.
The collection consists of the papers of Josiah Willard Gibbs, which include correspondence, scientific papers, lecture notes taken by Gibbs' student George P. Starkweather, photographs, scientific illustrations, and honors and awards. Correspondents include his father J. Willard Gibbs; Wilder Dwight Bancroft; Hugo Buchholz; Franklin Bowditch Dexter; Timothy Dwight; Smith B. Goodenow; Wilhelm Ostwald; Karl Planck; Sir Joseph Thomson; William Henry Beecher; Elijah Coleman Bridgeman; George Edward Day; William Allen Macy; and Benjamin Silliman. The scientific papers document Gibbs' work in vector analysis of orbits; statistical mechanics; and electromechanics. The lecture notes cover subjects including electricity and magnetism; thermodynamics; the electromagnetic theory of light; and vector applications.
Theoretical physicist and chemist who spent his career at Yale. Best known for developing the theory of thermodynamics.
Bancroft, Wilder D. (Wilder Dwight), 1867-1953
Beecher, William Henry, 1802-1889
Buchholz, Hugo, 1866-1921
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920
Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.
Goodenow, Smith B. (Smith Bartlett), 1817-1897
Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
Planck, Karl Christian, 1819-1880
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
Electricity.
Electromagnetic theory.
Mathematical physics
Orbits.
Physics
Statistical mechanics
Vector analysis.
Bancroft, Wilder D. (Wilder Dwight), 1867-1953
Beecher, William Henry, 1802-1889
Buchholz, Hugo, 1866-1921
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920
Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
Goodenow, Smith B. (Smith Bartlett), 1817-1897
Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
Planck, Karl Christian, 1819-1880
Starkweather, George P.
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
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