Papers, 1845-1908.

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Papers, 1845-1908.

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Scientific and personal correspondence, daguereotypes; realia. Includes letters relating to the founding of the University Club at Harvard, to a fund to honor August Willhelm Hofmann, to the Bache Fund, and to the National Academy of Science; and a daguereotype of Alexander Dallas Bache. Correspondents include: Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Ogden Nicholas Rood, A. Agassiz, J.S. Billings, Alice B. Gould, A. Hall, A.A. Michelson, Simon Newcomb, Ira Remsen, S.C. Sargent, and C.W. Shoemaker, among others.

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American Institute of Physics

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Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908

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Gibbs received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1888. He served as Dean of Lawrence Scientific School and Dean of School of Mining and Practical Engineering, and taught chemistry and physics. From the description of Papers of Wolcott Gibbs, 1885-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069357 Chemist (Ammonia-cobalt compounds; metals of platinum group; new methods of analysis; complex inorganic acids). A.M. Columbia College, 1841; M.D. Columbia College...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...