Watson Fredericks Kinney collection, 1876-1995 (inclusive), 1876-1928 (bulk).

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Watson Fredericks Kinney collection, 1876-1995 (inclusive), 1876-1928 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702200905

The collection consists of Kinney family correspondence, genealogical material, a memoir, a writing on the icaroscope, and a report on a Yale engineering inspection trip.

1.0 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 folio)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8027154

Yale University Library

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Yale university. Sheffield scientific school

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In 1847, Yale established the Department of Philosophy and Arts, which offered courses in philosophy, the arts, and the sciences. As the scientific fields gained in strength, the School of Applied Chemistry and the School of Engineering were developed. These schools were combined in 1854 to form the Yale Scientific School. In 1858 Joseph Earl Sheffield purchased the old Medical Institution and presented it to Yale, along with scientific apparatus and an endowment. The new school, dedicated as th...

Kinney, Watson Fredericks, 1906-

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Watson Fredericks Kinney was born on December 25, 1906, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the son of James Montrose Kinney and Helen Watson Fredericks Kinney. He attended Pelham High School and Phillips-Andover. After graduation from the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University in 1929, Kinney joined the Detroit Edison Company as an engineer in the production department. He was the owner of the Watson F. Kinney Sales Engineering Company in Detroit, Michigan from 1958 until his retirement in 1974....