Joseph HENRY (1797-1878), American physicist,... - Lot 34 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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Joseph HENRY (1797-1878), American physicist,... - Lot 34 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
Joseph HENRY (1797-1878), American physicist, first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1846-1878), and second president of the National Academy of Sciences (1868-1879), he discovered electromagnetic self-induction, independently of Michael Faraday. Signed piece. 1 p. in-4, letterhead with vignette of "The Smithsonian Institution". Washington city, October 17, 1868. Frayed edges. Acknowledges receipt, on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, of a collection of proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Belles-lettres and Arts of Bordeaux.
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