Lewis R. Gibbes's Letter to Joseph Henry (March 1, 1845)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintLetter from Lewis R. Gibbes, a professor of mathematics, astronomy and chemistry at the College of Charleston, to Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, March 1, 1845. In the letter, Gibbes asks Henry's opinion on a number of scientific textbooks, and also comments on one of Henry's syllabi.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
March 1, 1845
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