Joseph Henry - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Joseph Henry.
Encyclopedia Article

Joseph Henry - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Joseph Henry.
This section contains 68 words
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1797-1878

American physicist whose experiments with electricity led to the development of electromagnets, which in turn made possible the electric motor. In honor of this work, the unit of inductance is called the henry. As first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Henry resisted congressional pressure to turn that organization into a passive repository of knowledge, insisting that the Smithsonian also support original scientific research.

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