Papers. 1865-1900.

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Papers. 1865-1900.

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Army officer, professor of natural & experimental philosophy and librarian, U.S. Military Academy. Official papers and correspondence, 1873-1888, mostly involving the commission and receipt of instruments for the Department of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. Correspondents include: Alvan Clark, J. Duboscq, William Govrow, Ogden Rood; official papers and correspondence, 1887-1900, relating to U.S. Military Academy library; papers and correspondence, 1873-1885, dealing with firm of D. Van Nostrand, publishers and importers of scientific books; personal papers and correspondence, 1865-1897, mostly dealing with scientific topics, including correspondence with Edward S. Holden and Gouverneur Kemble Warren; list of "Public property belonging to the Department of Natural & Experimental Physics"; corrected publishers' proofs of "Michie mechanics"; miscellaneous papers, including notes & computations; U.S. Military Academy announcement of Michie's death; newspaper clippings; engraving of Michie; 7 photographs of the moon, c. 1893.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882

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Warren was born in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, and named for Gouverneur Kemble, a prominent local Congressman, diplomat, industrialist, and owner of the West Point Foundry. His sister, Emily Warren Roebling, would later play a significant role in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He entered the United States Military Academy across the Hudson River from his hometown at age 16 and graduated second in his class of 44 cadets in 1850. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in th...

Duboscq, J., fl. 1873.

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United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Michie, Peter Smith, 1839-1901

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Army Officer; Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy; Librarian, U. S. Military Academy, 1836-1871. From the description of Papers, 1865-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79165590 ...

Holden, Edward S. (Edward Singleton), 1846-1914

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Astronomer and librarian. From the description of Edward S. Holden letters to S.S. McClure [manuscript], 1886-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 703435521 American astronomer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Hamilton, California, to the Art Editor of "Harper's Magazine", 1891 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270469962 ...

Govrow, William, fl. 1874.

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Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887

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Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902

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Professor of Physics at Columbia University, 1863-1901, who was the first to apply stereoscopic photography to the microscope and the first to make quantitative experiments on color-contrast, to measure the duration of flashes of lightning, and to make a photometer that is independent of color. From the description of Papers, 1855-1902. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515000 ...