Secretary of the Smithsonian Joseph Henry continued his experiments with electromagnetism and other scientific topics after leaving Princeton University to lead the new Smithsonian Institution in 1846. This third book records his description of experiments from the fall of 1842 to the fall of 1863. Join us in completing the transcription of this American scientist who was at the same time working to establish an Institution dedicated to the "acquisition and dissemination of knowledge among men."
Secretary of the Smithsonian Joseph Henry continued his experiments with electromagnetism and other scientific topics after leaving Princeton University to lead the new Smithsonian Institution in 1846. This third book records his description of experiments from the fall of 1842 to the fall of 1863. Join us in completing the transcription of this American scientist who was at the same time working to establish an Institution dedicated to the "acquisition and dissemination of knowledge among men."
Already well known by the 1830's for his scientific vision, Joseph Henry (1797-1878) was to become the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. A physicist, Henry kept this handwritten record of his research in this 3 volumes, begun during the last half of the 1830's. It describes his work with electromagnetism and other varied experiments dating from his time as a professor of natural philosophy at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. Immortalized in sculpture in front of the Smithsonian castle, Joseph Henry served as Secretary of the Smithsonian from its earliest days in 1846 until his death in 1878. A scientific pioneer in his own right, Henry used his position to shape and guide the Institution, furthering its intellectual reach and diffusion of knowledge.
