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Varia - bound volume containing the manuscripts of Gibbs' solutions to the prize problems of 1855, 1856, and 1857, and a paper on "Unit of Length, etc." read before the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1866 March 21., 1855-1866

 Part of Collection — Box: 4, Folder: 134
Call Number: GEN MSS 1175, Series II
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Varia - bound volume containing the manuscripts of Gibbs' solutions to the prize problems of 1855, 1856, and 1857, and a paper on "Unit of Length, etc." read before the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1866 March 21.

Scope and Contents

Bound in green cloth, with gold lettering on spine: "Josiah Willard Gibbs, Varia".

Dates

  • 1855-1866

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection: The materials are open for research.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Miss Theodora Van Name, 1925

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

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