Number of Images: 2 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Date:
March, 3, 1846
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 6, pages 387-388.
Summary:
Excerpt from the diary of John R. Buhler, a student of Joseph Henry, then a professor at Princeton University and later first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, March 3, 1846. In the excerpt, Buhler describes a conversation he had with Henry at the bookstore concerning physics and metaphysics. Buhler notes his delight in conversing with Henry, and his feeling of awe when in his presence.
Contained within:
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 6, The Princeton Years: January 1844-December 1846 (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1992), 387-388
