Number of Images: 6 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 7w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Paris (France)
Europe
Date:
August 1, 1837
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The accompanying PDF contains SIA2012-0894, SIA2012-0895, SIA2012-0896, SIA2012-0897, SIA2012-0898, and SIA2012-0899, which are pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 3, pages 427-432.
Summary:
Letter from Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to Harriet Henry, his wife, August 1, 1837. Henry writes from England, and describes his experiences there and in Paris meeting with eminent European scientists, notably Michael Farraday, and observations of early balloon ascents.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7001, Box 57, Folder: 6 - July-December 1837
Reingold, Nathan, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 3, The Princeton Years: January 1836-December 1837 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 427-432
