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Electricity, Entropy, Light, Momentum (Mechanics), Physics -- Study and teaching, and Thermodynamics

Four books detailing the three portions of Friedrich Herrmann's Karlsruhe Physics Course. Includes 1: Energy, Momentum and Entropy, 2: Data, Electricity, and Light, 3: Thermodynamics and an instructor's manual.

Electricity, Entropy, Light, Momentum (Mechanics), Physics -- Study and teaching, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Entropy, Light, Momentum (Mechanics), Physics -- Study and teaching, and Thermodynamics

Four books detailing the three portions of Friedrich Herrmann's Karlsruhe Physics Course. Includes 1: Energy, Momentum and Entropy, 2: Data, Electricity, and Light, 3: Thermodynamics and an instructor's manual.

Electricity, Entropy, Light, Momentum (Mechanics), Physics -- Study and teaching, Thermodynamics, Electricity, Entropy, Light, Momentum (Mechanics), Physics -- Study and teaching, and Thermodynamics

Four books detailing the three portions of Friedrich Herrmann's Karlsruhe Physics Course. Includes 1: Energy, Momentum and Entropy, 2: Data, Electricity, and Light, 3: Thermodynamics and an instructor's manual.

Biophysics, Electricity, Ionosphere, Nuclear physics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Proximity fuzes, Radio, Radio astronomy, Seismology, Tesla coils, Van de Graaff generator, World War, 1939-1945 -- War work, Oral histories, Interviews, Sound recordings, and Transcripts

Early youth in Canton, South Dakota; teenage interest in radios and electricity (Ernest O. Lawrence). Origins of physics interest at Augustana Academy, Canton; college years at the University of Minnesota, until 1923; graduate work at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. at Hopkins, collaboration with Gregory Breit studying ionosphere with radio waves, 1926; position at Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); nuclear physics work with Odd Dahl, Lawrence Hafstad, and others using Tesla coils in 1920s, and Van de Graaff generators in 1930s; head of proximity fuse work and first director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory during World War II; return to DTM; Director, 1946-1966; DTM research during directorship in seismology, biophysics, and radio astronomy.

Biophysics, Electricity, Ionosphere, Nuclear physics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Proximity fuzes, Radio, Radio astronomy, Seismology, Van de Graaff generator, World War, 1939-1945 -- War work, Tesla coils, Oral histories, Interviews, Sound recordings, and Transcripts

Early youth in Canton, South Dakota; teenage interest in radios and electricity (Ernest O. Lawrence). Origins of physics interest at Augustana Academy, Canton; college years at the University of Minnesota, until 1923; graduate work at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University; Ph. D. at Hopkins, collaboration with Gregory Breit studying ionosphere with radio waves, 1926; position at Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); nuclear physics work with Odd Dahl, Lawrence Hafstad, and others using Tesla coils in 1920s, and Van de Graaff generators in 1930s; head of proximity fuse work and first director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory during World War II; return to DTM; Director, 1946-1966; DTM research during directorship in seismology, biophysics, and radio astronomy.

Biophysics, Electricity, Ionosphere, Nuclear physics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Proximity fuzes, Radio, Radio astronomy, Seismology, Tesla coils, Van de Graaff generator, World War, 1939-1945 -- War work, Oral histories, Interviews, Sound recordings, and Transcripts

Early youth in Canton, South Dakota; teenage interest in radios and electricity (Ernest O. Lawrence). Origins of physics interest at Augustana Academy, Canton; college years at the University of Minnesota, until 1923; graduate work at Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. at Hopkins, collaboration with Gregory Breit studying ionosphere with radio waves, 1926; position at Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM); nuclear physics work with Odd Dahl, Lawrence Hafstad, and others using Tesla coils in 1920s, and Van de Graaff generators in 1930s; head of proximity fuse work and first director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory during World War II; return to DTM; Director, 1946-1966; DTM research during directorship in seismology, biophysics, and radio astronomy.

Agriculture -- Research, Cement, Dust -- Research, Electricity, Electrolytic capacitors, Electrometallurgy -- Laboratories, Explosives -- Research, Ionization of gases, Patent suits, Petroleum -- Research, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Physicists, Rectifiers, Rhenium, Science, Smelting, Soil science, X-rays -- Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, and Autobiographies

Wolcott writes a detailed account of his life, much of it day to day events interwoven with his encounters with other contemporary physicists and important research work. The account rambles a great deal, but there are some gems to be found, such as a visit to Thomas Alva Edison which he recounts. Wolcott also discusses his early childhood, friends, family, and teachers and describes his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he studied physics under Louis W. Austin, Chester Snow, and Robert W. Wood, built some of the first x-ray equipment, and did research in electricty, especially electrolytic condensers, with Augustus Trowbridge; his further studies at the University of Berlin, where he attended lectures given by Max Planck, Jacobus Van't Hoff, and Otto Lummer, and his thesis work under Austin in Germany; his post, after leaving Germany, as head of the department of physics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also set up an electrometallurgy laboratory; summer sessions at the University of Chicago with Albert A. Michelson and Robert Millikan; his various patents and research work on dust and metal recovery and precipitation in smelting and cement processing, rectifiers, petroleum and explosives research, and gas ionization; research during World War II; correspondence with Nikola Tesla; research in trace elements in agriculture; the discovery of rhenium in gold-platinum ore; patent litigation with Universal Oil Products Company; and a number of sketches of various --personalities--he encountered during his life.

Electricity, Electrodynamics, Electronics, Electrons, Gases, Hydrodynamics, Light, Magnetism, Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Laboratory notes, Notebooks, and Physicists

Student notebooks and experimental notebooks. The student notebooks (1899-1905) consist of lecture and laboratory notes taken by Davis while a student at Columbia University, the University of Göttingen, and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. Courses and professors at Columbia University include Mechanics, taught by Robert S. Woodward; Light Theory, by William Hallock; and Electronics and Magnetism, by Michael I. Pupin. At the University of Göttingen courses included Mechanics, taught by R.G. Weber; Basic Mechanics and Magnetism, taught by Woldemar Voigt; and Electric Phenomena, by Carl V.E. Reicke, as well as other courses (teachers unidentified) on thermodynamics, the theory of gases, and electric phenomena in gases. At the Cavendish Laboratory courses included Electrodynamics, taught by Sir Joseph Larmor, and Hydrodynamics by Sir George Stokes. The experimental notebooks (1899-1900) are for work done while a research fellow at Columbia University in the fields of electricity and magnetism, electron dynamics, and circuit equations.

Aerodynamics, Antennas, Electric circuit analysis, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Mechanics, Optics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Quantum theory, Spectrum analysis, Thermodynamics, Vector analysis, Wave-motion, Theory of, Lecture notes, and Notebooks

The collection includes materials from Reiche's time in Germany at the University of Berlin and the University of Breslau and from throughout his career in the United States. The correspondence is on research topics including electromagnetism and aerodynamics. Correspondents include: Max Born, Albert Einstein, James Franck, Fritz Haber, Alexander Kolin, Rudolf Ladenberg, H. F. Ludloff, Otto Lummer, Ladislaus Natanson, Max Planck, and Erwin Schrödinger. The notes and calculations are about subjects such as nuclear physics, Einstein's equation and theoretical physics. The lecture notes and notebooks include lectures and course materials on atomic physics, electricity, hydrodynamics and elasticity, mechanics, optics, quantum theory, thermodynamics, and vector analysis. The manuscripts contain work on spectral analysis and wave theory, including final manuscripts, notes and drafts. The publications are comprised of works by Reiche and other scientists. The Hans Reiche Materials include notebooks on antennas, circuit analysis, and electricity, and an essay about his father. The collection also contains Reiche's diplomas.

Astronomy -- Observations, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism -- Observations, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology -- Observations, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Laboratory notes, College teachers, Physicists, and Inventors

Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.

Electricity, Electrodynamics, Electronics, Electrons, Gases, Hydrodynamics, Light, Magnetism, Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Laboratory notes, Notebooks, and Physicists

Student notebooks and experimental notebooks. The student notebooks (1899-1905) consist of lecture and laboratory notes taken by Davis while a student at Columbia University, the University of Göttingen, and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. Courses and professors at Columbia University include Mechanics, taught by Robert S. Woodward; Light Theory, by William Hallock; and Electronics and Magnetism, by Michael I. Pupin. At the University of Göttingen courses included Mechanics, taught by R.G. Weber; Basic Mechanics and Magnetism, taught by Woldemar Voigt; and Electric Phenomena, by Carl V.E. Reicke, as well as other courses (teachers unidentified) on thermodynamics, the theory of gases, and electric phenomena in gases. At the Cavendish Laboratory courses included Electrodynamics, taught by Sir Joseph Larmor, and Hydrodynamics by Sir George Stokes. The experimental notebooks (1899-1900) are for work done while a research fellow at Columbia University in the fields of electricity and magnetism, electron dynamics, and circuit equations.

Astronomy -- Observations, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism -- Observations, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology -- Observations, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Electricity, Electrochemistry, Electromagnetism, Geomagnetism, Mechanics, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Physical instruments, Physics -- Study and teaching, Telegraph, Laboratory notes, Observations, College teachers, Physicists, and Inventors

Notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts. Notes and notebooks (1836-1847) selected, edited, and transcribed by his daughter, Mary Henry, contain extracts from research notes and lectures and a draft of her biographical introduction. Correspondence touches on various aspects of his career including his positions as professor of natural philosophy at Princeton University and as secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, as well as his work as an inventor. The major correspondent is A.D. Bache. Manuscripts include essays, drafts, and lectures. Much of the collection relates to his teaching. Subjects include electricity; electromagnetism; mechanical philosophy; astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observations; the scale of chemical equivalents; apparatus; publications; the telegraph; metaphysics; and his advice to students. Correspondents include Alexander D. Bache, Lewis Beck, Edward H. Courtney, Lewis R. Gibbes, John Maclean, and John Millington.

Atomic theory, Corrosion and anti-corrosives, Electricity -- History, Geophysics, Nuclear physics, Petroleum mining, Physics -- Study and teaching, Radioactivity, Relativity (Physics), X-rays, Atomic theory, Corrosion and anti-corrosives, Electricity, Geophysics, Nuclear physics, Petroleum mining, Physics -- Study and teaching, Radioactivity, Relativity (Physics), Students, X-rays, Diaries, Scrapbooks, History, and Physicists

Typescripts; notes and notebooks; reprints; diaries; scrapbook. The typescripts (ca. 1933) include the final version of Wolcott's unpublished "Evolution of Electricity," a history of electricity and its applications, as well as various versions of the unpublished text and background reference materials consisting of reprints and typed copies of papers. The notes and notebooks (1899-1959) concern the wide range of Wolcott's interests and career, including student notes taken at the University of Wisconsin, class preparation and research notes prepared while Wolcott was on the faculty of the Colorado School of Mines, personal research notes and descriptions of processes covering topics such as electricity, relativity, atomic theory, the corrosion and volatilization of metals, petroleum production, radioactivity, x-ray testing, and Wolcott's proposal for a national clearing house of scientific information. The notes and notebooks also contain lectures, addresses, clippings, and memorabilia, as well as a synopsis of Wolcott's diaries (1927-1957). Reprints (1903-1929) are of a portion of Wolcott's thesis from the Universität Berlin (1903) and selected articles. The diaries (1902-1904) are of a personal nature concerning both teaching and daily activities. The scrapbook (1896-1926) contains clippings, letters, and memorabilia concerning Wolcott and his family.

Aerodynamics, Antennas, Electric circuit analysis, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Mechanics, Optics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Quantum theory, Spectrum analysis, Thermodynamics, Vector analysis, Wave-motion, Theory of, Lecture notes, and Notebooks

The collection includes materials from Reiche's time in Germany at the University of Berlin and the University of Breslau and from throughout his career in the United States. The correspondence is on research topics including electromagnetism and aerodynamics. Correspondents include: Max Born, Albert Einstein, James Franck, Fritz Haber, Alexander Kolin, Rudolf Ladenberg, H.F. Ludloff, Otto Lummer, Ladislaus Natanson, Max Planck, and Erwin Schrödinger. The notes and calculations are about subjects such as nuclear physics, Einstein's equation and theoretical physics. The lecture notes and notebooks include lectures and course materials on atomic physics, electricity, hydrodynamics and elasticity, mechanics, optics, quantum theory, thermodynamics, and vector analysis. The manuscripts contain work on spectral analysis and wave theory, including final manuscripts, notes and drafts. The publications are comprised of works by Reiche and other scientists. The Hans Reiche Materials include notebooks on antennas, circuit analysis, and electricity, and an essay about his father. The collection also contains Reiche's diplomas.

Agriculture -- Research, Cement, Dust -- Research, Electricity, Electrolytic capacitors, Electrometallurgy -- Laboratories, Explosives -- Research, Ionization of gases, Patent suits, Petroleum -- Research, Physicists -- Biography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Rectifiers, Rhenium, Science, Smelting, Soil science, X-rays -- Equipment and supplies, World War, 1939-1945 -- Science, Physicists, and Autobiographies

Wolcott writes a detailed account of his life, much of it day to day events interwoven with his encounters with other contemporary physicists and important research work. The account rambles a great deal, but there are some gems to be found, such as a visit to Thomas Alva Edison which he recounts. Wolcott also discusses his early childhood, friends, family, and teachers and describes his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he studied physics under Louis W. Austin, Chester Snow, and Robert W. Wood, built some of the first x-ray equipment, and did research in electricty, especially electrolytic condensers, with Augustus Trowbridge; his further studies at the University of Berlin, where he attended lectures given by Max Planck, Jacobus Van't Hoff, and Otto Lummer, and his thesis work under Austin in Germany; his post, after leaving Germany, as head of the department of physics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also set up an electrometallurgy laboratory; summer sessions at the University of Chicago with Albert A. Michelson and Robert Millikan; his various patents and research work on dust and metal recovery and precipitation in smelting and cement processing, rectifiers, petroleum and explosives research, and gas ionization; research during World War II; correspondence with Nikola Tesla; research in trace elements in agriculture; the discovery of rhenium in gold-platinum ore; patent litigation with Universal Oil Products Company; and a number of sketches of various --personalities--he encountered during his life.

Physics -- Early works to 1800, Physics -- Study and teaching, Electricity -- Early works to 1800, Electricity, Physics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Diagrams, and Early works

Second section contains, "Tractatus de Aère," (ff. 64r-146r).

Electricity, Magnetism, Physics, and Physics -- Study and teaching

Includes Purcell's sketches for illustrations and annotations by Purcell and Walter D. Knight.

Electricity, Luminescence, Magnetism, Mechanics, Physics -- Study and teaching, Submarines (Ships) -- Recognition, Thermodynamics, College teachers, Charts, Diaries, Lecture notes, Letterpress copybooks, Photographs, and Scrapbooks

Collection includes material pertaining to Merritt's years at Cornell, including a student scrapbook of photographs, programs, and pamphlets; loose photographs of colleagues, laboratory equipment, and Cornell views; Merritt's notes on lectures concerning electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, and theoretical mechanics; four volumes of notes taken by teaching assistant Ernest Blaker (Ph.D. 1901) at Merritt's lectures, as well as undated notes on advances in experimental physics; calculations and notes; Physics Department annual reports, 1917-33; resolutions, reports, minutes, and statements of various committees of the Graduate Faculty concerning Graduate School requirements, and elections and organization of the faculty; and correspondence and other papers concerning the Board of Trustees and the deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences. Also, correspondence, charts, reports, and a scrapbook of photographs pertaining to Merritt's work at the New London Naval Academy, 1917-20, including correspondence from R. A. Millikan; correspondence regarding colleagues in Germany, 1901-49, and an autographed portrait of Max Planck; correspondence and printed material on the history of the American Physical Society and other organizations; and correspondence and reports concerning submarine detection, 1941-42.
Also included are a diary, 1887; publications by Merritt (some in collaboration with Cornell Professor Edward L. Nichols) concerning luminescence and other subjects in physics; a letterpress copybook, 1896-1904, including letters concerning the Town and Gown Club, physics publications, and other topics; snapshots of family, friends, and Ithaca, New York views; and biographical materials relating to Edward L. Nichols. Also, a photograph of Herman von Helmholtz, with a letter to Merritt's son describing its history.

Atomic structure, Electric conductivity, Electricity, Hall effect, Ionization, Magnetism, Physics -- Study and teaching, Thomson effect, Volta effect, Atomic structure, Electric conductivity, Electricity, Hall effect, Ionization, Magnetism, Physics -- Study and teaching, Thomson effect, Universities and colleges -- Faculty, Volta effect, Articles, Lectures, Photographs, Visas, and Physicists

Consists of 13 boxes of compositions by Hall (and a few by others) and one box of correspondence. Hall's writings include notes, lectures, and articles on such subjects as the Hall effect and other related phenomena, metallic conduction, atomic structure, ionization, and the teaching of physics. Includes lectures in French on higher education in the United States. Correspondence dates chiefly from 1915 to 1928 and includes copies of Hall's outgoing letters. Also included are visas for Hall and his wife Caroline Bottum Hall, and a photograph.

Electronic circuits, Nuclear physics -- Research, Physics -- Study and teaching, Particles (Nuclear physics), Helium -- Isotopes, Optics, Photography, Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism, Universities and colleges, Congresses and conventions, Congresses and conventions, Electricity, Electronic circuits, Helium -- Isotopes, Magnetism, Mechanics, Nuclear physics -- Research, Optics, Particles (Nuclear physics), Photography, Physics -- Study and teaching, Universities and colleges, Laboratory notebooks, College teachers, Physics teachers, and Physicists

Correspondence, publications, conference material, committee files, laboratory notebooks, research files in high energy nuclear physics including the helium 3 nucleus, and course materials relating to optics, photography, theoretical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and electronic circuits.