Joseph Henry: The Rise of an American Scientist

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Summary

A biography of the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry (1797-1878). Focuses on Henry's early years, career as a physicist and professor at the College of New Jersey, and his contributions to our understanding of electromagnetic induction.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • Albany Academy
  • College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Date

1997

Topic

  • Telegraph
  • Secretariats
  • Electricity
  • Secretaries
  • SI, Early History
  • Experiments
  • Physics
  • Physics--Experiments

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