Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 29, 1851
- 1851-Feb-29
Campbell Morfit (1820-1897), a distinguished chemist and co-editor with James Curtis Booth (1810-1888) of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry (1850), writes to Booth concerning Professor Joseph Henry (1797-1878), first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Morfit discusses Henry's rebuke of him as reported in his letter of February 18 and Morfit’s reactions to it.
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Morfit, Campbell. “Letter from Campbell Morfit to James Curtis Booth, February 29, 1851,” February 29, 1851. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 1, Folder 10. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/9p5tzck.
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