Blake and Rood families papers, 1847-1906, 1847-1891 (bulk).

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Blake and Rood families papers, 1847-1906, 1847-1891 (bulk).

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Includes letters (1847-1868) from Helen Rood to her brother Ogden Nicholas Rood and his wife Mathilde concerning family and friends in New Haven, Connecticut; religion; female education; Eli Whitney Blake, whom she married in 1860; her impressions of Heidelberg, where her husband studied; and German and English sentiment concerning the American Civil War. Letters (1859-1891) from Eli Blake to Ogden Rood concerning scientific experiments; his work as professor at Cornell University; and his work at Brown University as professor of physics. Other correspondence includes letters to Eli Blake concerning the National Bell Telephone Company, the University of Virginia, and Troy University.

.2 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902

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Professor of Physics at Columbia University, 1863-1901, who was the first to apply stereoscopic photography to the microscope and the first to make quantitative experiments on color-contrast, to measure the duration of flashes of lightning, and to make a photometer that is independent of color. From the description of Papers, 1855-1902. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515000 ...

Blake family.

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Eli Whitney Blake was the first professor of physics at Cornell University. From the description of Blake and Rood families papers, 1847-1906, 1847-1891 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64071701 ...

Blake, Eli Whitney, 1836-1895.

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Blake, Helen Rood, 1832-1869.

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Rood family.

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