Physical review records, 1893-1912.

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Physical review records, 1893-1912.

Correspondence, primarily of Edward L. Nichols, Ernest Merritt, and Frederick Bedell, with contributors, subscribers, and advertisers. Receipt and order books, and photographs. Also, printing block from the first issue of the Physical Review, mounted on a plaque, from the office of Cornell President Emeritus Dale R. Corson.

1.8 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7910156

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University. Dept. of Physics.

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Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937

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Physics professor; president of American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the description of Edward L. Nichols letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1892 Mar 10 (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963344 ...

Merritt, Ernest, 1865-1948

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Professor of physics. Ernest Merritt graduated from Cornell University in 1886 as an electrical engineer, and joined the staff as an instructor in 1889. He became the first dean of the Cornell Graduate School in 1909, and resigned in 1914 in order to return to teaching. He was head of the department from 1919-1935. Merritt was also one of the founders and first editors of the Physical Review, first secretary and president of the American Physical Society, and was an acti...

Bedell, Frederick, 1868-

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