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Moyer, Albert E. Joseph Henry: The Rise Of An American Scientist

Moyer, Albert E. Joseph Henry: The Rise Of An American Scientist

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(032312) Moyer, Albert E. Joseph Henry: The Rise Of An American Scientist. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 348 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. DJ front panel has a small repaired tear at bottom of front foldover. Joseph Henry (1797-1878) was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as a founding member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was highly regarded. While building electromagnets, Henry discovered the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance. He also discovered mutual inductance independently of Michael Faraday, though Faraday was the first to publish his results ISBN: 1560987766 (Henry, Joseph, Physicists)

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