Joseph Henry's Letter to A. A. de la Rive (November 24, 1841)
Close
Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image Print
Letter from Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to A. A. de la Rive, a Swiss physicist, November 24, 1841. In the letter, Henry describes the state of science in the United States, writing that scientists of this country are more concerned with popular science than original research. Henry also describes his work in electromagnetism.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
5 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 5, pages 119-123.
Reingold, Nathan, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 5, The Princeton Years: January 1841-December 1843 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1985), 119-123
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 24, 1841
No restrictions
SIA2012-3546 and SIA2012-3547 and SIA2012-3548 and SIA2012-3549 and SIA2012-3550
Number of Images: 5 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper