Excerpt from John R. Buhler's Diary (February 21, 1846)
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Request permissionsDownload image PrintExcerpt from the diary of John R. Buhler, a student of Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, February 21, 1846. In the excerpt, Buhler discusses a lecture given by Henry concerning electromagnetism, including a demonstration involving one of Henrys large magnets.
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3 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 6, pages 376-377.
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 6, The Princeton Years: January 1844-December 1846 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1992), 376-377
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February 21, 1846
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