JOSEPH HENRY Professor Smithsonian Institution Secretary & Inventor

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Portrait of: PROFESSOR JOSEPH HENRY, LL.D. , Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was of Scotch Presbyterian descent . His grandparents on both sides landed in New York the day before the battle of Bunker's Hill . He was born in Albany, New York , December 17 , 1797 On account of this exposition, and his scientific reputation, he was called to the office of secretary of the institution, which, in fact, constituted him its director. He had many difficulties to contend with at the outset, arising mainly from a misapprehension on the part of Congress of the terms of the will, and the commencement of a very expensive building ; but by constant perseverance in one line of policy, Professor Henry brought the institution into a condition of financial prosperity and wide reputation. In 1849 he was elected President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1868 he was elected President ofthe National Academy of Sciences, and was present at the business sessions of its recent meetings, though feebleness prevented him from presiding during the scientific session. He was made Chairman in 1871 of the Lighthouse Board of the United States, an important bureau of the Treasury Department. Henry, of course, was entitled to a distinctive notice by Congress and the Executive, from the fact of his long semi-official connection with the Government as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution , member of the Lighthouse Board, etc. But, as distinguished from Morse, who represented in a peculiar manner what Americans are supposed to worship , success, Henry was the very type of the man who devoted himself to science for its own sake , and regardless of the pecuniary emoluments to be reaped from its pursuit. Each of these great men-and they were both very great men-was identified in a particular and specific manner with the discovery and application of the electro-magnetic telegraph. But while Henry, who first discovered the powers of the electro-magnet, and first sent a message to himself over a three-mile circuit of wires, from tree-top to tree-top, back and forth, from his laboratory window at Princeton, was content to pursue the idea thus developed simply in its scientific relations and developments, Morse applied himself at once to developing the practical, uses of the discovery and invented the telegraph, the recording apparatus, etc., and gave the whole civilized world one of its best and most useful tools. Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, steel and stipple engraving - Superb quality original antique print.Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1879 Publisher: National Biographical Publishing Company, Baltimore. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26 cm), including blank margins around the image. Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1.Green 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The detail of the print is much sharper than the photo of the print. 3. Engraved facsimile signature under the image. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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