Papers. 1892-1898.

Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916

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English physicist; author of works on electricity and magnetism, and on lives of scientists. Thompson had hoped to get enough subscriptions to print this work however it didn't materialize. There is a printed order form tipped in, saying the edition would be limited to 225 copies and printed by Ernest Enthoven at the Essex House Press. From the description of Albrecht Dürer's Geometry : manuscript translation of the 1538 edition of Underweysung der Mussung, ca. 1900. (Unknown). Worl...

Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901

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Elisha Gray (b. August 2, 1835, Barnesville, OH–d. January 21, 1901, Newtonville, MA) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. He is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois. There is a dispute over the inventor of the telephone: Gray or Alexander Graham Bell. Gray was a prolific inventor and also considered to be the father of the modern music synthesizer. In his lifetime, he was granted over...

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Carhart, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1844-1920

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Professor of physics at University of Michigan. From the description of Henry S. Carhart papers, [ca. 1875-ca. 1920]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421446 ...