Books - Henry Augustus Rowland
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The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) by George Kean Sweetnam Amer Philosophical Society (2000) Hardcover Our Price: $30.00 Used Price: $17.99  |
 Product Description: Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) was one of the most important figures in the founding of modern physics in the U.S. A principal founder & first pres. of the Am. Physical Soc., he is best known for his invention of the concave spectral grating for which he won a gold medal & grand prize at the 1890 Paris Exposition. A grad. of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in civil engineering, Rowland was prof. of physics at Johns Hopkins U., where he had the principal part in forming the first school of Am. physicists to be professionally trained in the U.S. In this vol., George Kean Sweetnam, using Rowland's papers & those of his colleagues & students, has written the first scholarly exposition of Rowland's work. Customer Review: Draws upon Rowland's personal papers: Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) was one of the seminal figures in the founding of modern physics in the United States. A principal founder and first president of the American Physical Society, Rowland is best known for his invention of the concave spectral grating for which he won a gold medal and grand prize at the 1890 Paris Exposition. Rowland was also a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University and an influential mentor for a generation of professional American physicists. Drawing upon Rowland's personal papers, as well as those of his colleagues and students, George Sweetnam has written the first scholarly exposition of Rowland's life and work. The Command Of Light: Rowland's School Of Physics And The Spectrum is an impressive, seminal, and invaluable contribution to the history of modern physics. 
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Bericht betreffend Versuche über die elektromagnetische Wirkung elektrischer Convection. (Aus den Bericht. d. Akam. März 1876). by Henry Augustus] HELMHOLTZ, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (1821-1894). [ROWLAND Johann Ambrosius Barth (1876) Hardcover Used Price: $261.00 |
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The Church and slavery, or, The relations of the churches to slavery under the Constitution: considered with special reference to the constitutionality ... the General Assembly at Buffalo, A. D., 1853 by Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Rowland Cornell University Library (1854) Paperback Our Price: $14.99 |
 Product Description: This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection
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Elements of physics, by Henry Augustus Rowland American Book Co (1900) Unknown Binding Used Price: $5.69 |
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On the common maxims of infidelity by Rowland Henry Augustus 1804-1859 New York : R. Carter & brothers (1850) Paperback Used Price: $19.95 |
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On the mechanical equivalent of heat,: With subsidiary researches on the variation of the mercurial from the air thermometer, and on the variation of the specific heat of water by Henry Augustus Rowland University Press: J. Wilson & Son (1880) Unknown Binding Used Price: $375.99 |
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The Path of Life by Henry Augustus Rowland BiblioLife (2009) Paperback Our Price: $22.75 Used Price: $34.22 |
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Physical Papers of Henry Augustus Rowland, First Edition by Henry Augustus Rowland JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS (1902) Hardcover Used Price: $125.00 |
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The physical papers of Henry Augustus Rowland, Johns Hopkins University, 1876-1901;: collected for publication by a committee of the faculty of the University. by Henry Augustus Rowland Cornell University Library (2009) Paperback Our Price: $42.99 |
 Product Description: Originally published in 1918. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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The physical papers of Henry Augustus Rowland. Johns Hopkins Uni by Rowland. Henry Augustus. 1848-1901. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1902. (1902) Paperback Used Price: $15.00 |
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