Incoming letters, 1893-1913.

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Incoming letters, 1893-1913.

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The letters concern Webster's research on sound and vibration, gyroscopes, and scientific notation, as well as professional meetings, such as the American Physical Society, of which he served as president from 1903-1904, and elections, appointments, travel, speeches, honorary degrees, and publications. Correspondents include: William E. Ayrton, Joseph G. Coffin, Henry Crew, Samuel P. Langley, Anatole LeBraz, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, William F. Magie, Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, Ernest George Merritt, Henry F. Osborn, Benjamin Osgood Peirce, Edward B. Rosa, Ernest Rutherford, and Robert S. Woodward.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Le Braz, Anatole, 1859-1926

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Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937

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Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924

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Coffin, Joseph George, 1877-....

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Ayrton, W. E. (William Edward), 1847-1908

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Merritt, Ernest George.

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Magie, William Francis, 1858-1943

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William Francis Magie graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1879. He was a founder of the American Physical Society, and its president from 1910 to 1912. He taught physics at Princeton University for almost half a century, and was one of the group of alumni who nurtured Princeton's development from a college to a university. At the end of his senior year, on Commencement Day, one of his professors, Cyrus Fog Brackett, offered him the job to become his assistant. ...

Rosa, Edward B.

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Crew, Henry, 1859-1953

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Physicist (spectroscopy). Astronomer, Lick Observatory, 1891-1892; professor of physics, Northwestern University, 1892-1931; and chief, Division of Basic Sciences, A Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1931-1933. From the description of Papers [microform], 1833-1967, (bulk 1880-1940) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584808 Henry Crew was born June 4, 1859 in Richmond, Ohio, the first son of William Henry and Deborah Ann Hargrave Crew. He had one brother, Ch...

Lorentz, H.A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928

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Physicist (electrons, quantum physics, electro-magnetism). On the physics faculty at Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden (1878-1923); director, Teylers Stichting, Haarlem (1912-1923); and lecturer at California Institute of Technology (1921, 1922, 1924, and 1926). From the description of Letters to Woldemar Voigt, 1883-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80284634 Physicist (electrons, quantum physics, electro-magnetism). On the physics faculty at Rijksunivesiteit te leiden (1878-19...

Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924

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Physicist and educator (geophysics, geodesy). On the faculty of Ohio State University in physics and mechanics, 1873-1884; and superintendent, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1889-1894. From the description of Papers, 1851-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306263 At the time of this letter, Mendenhall was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1889. (U...

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Webster, Arthur Gordon, 1863-1923

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Physicist (acoustics, mechanics). On the faculty at Harvard University, mathematics, 1885-1886; and Clark University, physics, from 1890. From the description of Incoming letters, 1893-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83823679 Professor of physics at Clark University. From the description of Collected papers / A.G. Webster. (Clark University). WorldCat record id: 190863023 ...

Peirce, B. O. (Benjamin Osgood), 1854-1914

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1876) taught mathematics and physics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Osgood Peirce, 1834-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972842 ...

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906

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Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professory of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh). While at the Smithsonian he founded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory....