The Papers of Joseph Henry: January 1838-December 1840, The Princeton Years

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Summary

Work consists of documents relative to the life and career of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, covering the years from January 1838 to December 1840. The volume includes documents relating to "Contributions III," scientific researches and experiments, correspondence relating to Charles Grafton Page and Asa Gray, and relations with Samuel F.B. Morse and Alexander Dallas Bache.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Morse, Samuel Finley Breese 1791-1872
  • Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
  • Gray, Asa 1810-1888
  • Page, Charles Grafton 1812-1868
  • College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
  • Princeton University

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Includes photographs, notes on style and appendices. Work is extensively footnoted.

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1981

Topic

  • Electric apparatus and appliances
  • Telegraph
  • Electricity
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Letters
  • Secretaries
  • Science
  • Scientists
  • Experiments
  • Physics
  • Physics--Experiments
  • Research
  • Science--Experiments

Edition

Volume 4

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