Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903
Dates
- Existence: 1839-02-11 - 1903-04-28
Biography
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), American mathematician and physicist, best known for his work in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and vector theory as applied to orbits.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Colton Family Papers
Correspondence, writings, sermons, diaries, account books, poems, and notes of George Colton of West Hartford, Connecticut and four of his sons. The principal figure in the papers is Henry Martyn Colton, who graduated from Yale College in 1848 and established schools in Middletown, Connecticut and New York City. Included in his papers are college lecture notes, sermons together with outlines and notes, poems, diaries, and travel writings.
Farnam family papers
Gibbs family papers
Correspondence, financial papers and memorabilia of members of the Gibbs family. Of principal interest are thirteen letters (1783-1796) from Roger Sherman to his brother-in-law, Henry Gibbs, of which five (1789-1790) discuss the deliberations of the first Congress of the United States. Other figures represented in the papers are two Josiah Willard Gibbses (father and son) and Addison Van Name.
Josiah Willard Gibbs papers
The collection consists of the papers of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903), which include correspondence, scientific papers, lecture notes taken by one of Gibbs' students, photographs, scientific illustrations, and honors and awards, as well as correspondence of his father, J. Willard Gibbs (1790-1861).
Gibbs Symposium videorecordings
The materials consist of videorecordings of the Gibbs Symposium held at Yale in 1989. The symposium was held in honor of Josiah Willard Gibbs, a leader in theoretical physics.
Gibbs-Van Name papers
The papers contain correspondence and other materials documenting the efforts of Ralph gibbs Van Name to publish technical and biographical work on Josiah Willard Gibbs, the scientist who developed the theory of thermodynamics.
Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers
Yale course lectures collection
The collection consists of notes on course lectures taken by Yale students and course notes and recorded lectures by Yale faculty.