Papers of James N. Butler, 1951-1969 (inclusive).

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Papers of James N. Butler, 1951-1969 (inclusive).

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Contains Butler's undergraduate and graduate student course notes and experiments from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Harvard respectively. Includes coursework in advanced organic and physical chemistry, engineering mathematics, advanced calculus, physical optics, and differential equations. Also contains progress reports, research grants, and lecture notes compiled during Butler's tenure as an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver), and senior scientist at Tyco Laboratories, Inc. Research topics include work on the kinetics and thermodynamics of electrode reactions and electrolyte solutions, with applications to power sources and environmental problems. Related publications and reference material available in repository. For information on component parts of collection see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

7.6 cubic feet of manuscripts in 21 boxes

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

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Butler, James N. (James Newton), 1934-

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James N. Butler (1934- ) served as assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, from 1959-1963, and as Senior Scientist at Tyco Laboratories, Inc. in Waltham, MA from 1963-1971. Butler became Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Chemistry at Harvard in 1971. From the description of Papers of James N. Butler, 1951-1969 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76976116 ...