Joseph Henry's review of the "Report of the Committee of Naval Affairs, to whom was Referred the Memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood Claiming to have Made New and Important Discoveries in Magnetism Generally, and More Particularly in the Magnetism of the Earth: and Representing that he is the Inventor of an Instrument Called the Geometer." In the review, Henry, a professor at Princeton University, criticizes the United States Senate's Committee on Naval Affairs for praising the work of Sherwood, a physician who also studied magnetism. Henry, who studied magnetism, provided arguments disproving some of Sherwood's theories.
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5 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 4, pages 75-79.
Reingold, Nathan, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 4, The Princeton Years: January 1838-December 1840 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1981), 75-79
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July 1838
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Number of Images: 5 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper