Henry as an Electrical Pioneer

Abstract

An address presented at the Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, April 25, 1932, at Washington, D. C. in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Electrical Discoveries of Joseph Henry. The author expresses his appreciation of the researches of Dr. Harold S. Osborne and Mr. A. M. Dowling in establishing many of the facts upon which this address is based, and of other assistance in its preparation. This research developed many facts of interest and its results are separately published as a supplement to this issue of the Bell System Technical Journal.