Edward Williams Morley papers, 1833-1923 (bulk 1863-1899).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1,200 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Armstrong, Henry Edward, 1848-1937 -- Correspondence
- Baker, Herbert Brereton, 1862-1935 -- Correspondence
- Börnstein, R. (Richard), 1852-1913 -- Correspondence
- Böttger, Wilhelm, 1871- -- Correspondence
- Brush, Charles Francis, 1849-1929 -- Correspondence
- Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931 -- Correspondence
- Dana, Edward Salisbury, 1849-1935 -- Correspondence
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 -- Correspondence
- Dixon, Harold Baily, 1852-1930 -- Correspondence
- Erdmann, Hugo, 1862-1910 -- Correspondence
- Guye, Phillippe-Auguste, 1862-1922 -- Correspondence
- Hart, Edward, 1854- -- Correspondence
- Hempel, Walther, 1851-1916 -- Correspondence
- Herrick, Francis Hobart, 1858-1940 -- Correspondence
- Hicks, W. M. (William Mitchinson), 1850-1934 -- Correspondence
- Higgins, William, Sir, 1824-1910 -- Correspondence
- Jewett, F. F. (Frank Fanning), 1844-1926 -- Correspondence
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907 -- Correspondence
- Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906 -- Correspondence
- Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942 -- Correspondence
- Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924 -- Correspondence
- Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931 -- Correspondence
- Miller, Dayton Clarence, 1866-1941 -- Correspondence
- Munroe, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1849-1938 -- Correspondence
- Munson, Myron A. (Myron Andrews), 1835- -- Correspondence
- Noyes, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1941 -- Correspondence
- Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932 -- Correspondence
- Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 -- Correspondence
- Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915 -- Correspondence
- Ramsay, William, 1852-1916 -- Correspondence
- Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Baron, 1842-1919 -- Correspondence
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927 -- Correspondence
- Rogers, William A. (William Augustus), 1832-1898 -- Correspondence
- Soddy, Frederick, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence
- Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gray), 1884-1962 -- Correspondence
- Atomic weights
- Automobiles
- Cable cars (Streetcars)
- Chemistry
- Hydrogen
- Oxygen
- Physics
- Relativity (Physics)
- Science
- Typewriters
- Water
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Chemists
- Physicists
Open to research.
Correspondence, certificates, and printed matter. Consists primarily of correspondence from family members, friends, and fellow scientists. Includes a group of personal letters from Myron A. Munson, Morley's college roommate and lifelong friend, some written while Munson was serving in the Union Army in 1864, and an extensive correspondence with a number of prominent European and American scientists. Subjects include Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, the atomic weight of hydrogen, automobiles, densities of oxygen and hydrogen and the ratio in which they combine to form water, the electric streetcar, the Michelson-Morley experiment, and the typewriter. Correspondents include Henry Edward Armstrong, Herbert Brereton Baker, R. Börnstein, Wilhelm Böttger, Charles Francis Brush, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana, Harold Baily Dixon, Hugo Erdmann, Phillippe-Auguste Guye, Edward Hart, Walther Hempel, Francis Hobart Herrick, W.M. Hicks, Sir William Higgins, F.F. Jewett, Baron William Thomson Kelvin, S.P. Langley, Joseph Larmor, Thomas C. Mendenhall, Albert A. Michelson, Dayton Clarence Miller, Charles E. Munroe, William A. Noyes, Wilhelm Ostwald, Henry S. Pritchett, F.W. Putnam, William Ramsay, Baron John William Strutt Rayleigh, Ira Remsen, William A. Rogers, Frederick Soddy, and W.F.G. Swan.
Chemist and physician.
Collection material in English.
Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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