Finding Aid to the Robert Williams Wood papers, 1838-1942Publisher:American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives Encoding Information:Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie Mueller in 2012. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English. Description of the CollectionRepository:American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Title and dates of collection:Robert Williams Wood papers, 1838-1942 Papers created by:Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955. Size of collection:0.5 linear feet Short description of collection:The papers of Robert W. Wood include clippings, professional and family correspondence, and manuscripts. Language(s) of material:English, French, German Selected Search TermsThese papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms. Biographical NotePhysicist (optics, metals). On physics faculty at University of Wisconsin, 1897-1900; and Johns Hopkins University from 1901. Scope and Contents of CollectionThe papers of Robert W. Wood include clippings, professional and family correspondence, and manuscripts. Topics discussed include Vernon Wood's paper on sodium vapor delivered to the Royal Society; Wood's work at Johns Hopkins; H. Kayser's book; Wood’s interests in optics; various discussion of sodium vapor; the San Francisco earthquake; dipole radiation; origin of the hypotheses of energy; family travel in the Pacific Islands, Europe, and particularly Scotland; Wood’s early education in Roxbury, Massachusetts; Wood's election as Honorary Fellow of the Microscopical Society; the Encyclopedia Britannica and Scientific American. Manuscripts are by and about Wood and focus on his work in optics. Correspondents include: Charles Vernon Boys, Pierre Curie, Heinrich Kayser, Lord William Thomson Kelvin, Heinrich Konen, Ladislaus Natanson, Wilhelm Ostwald, Max Planck, and Lord John William Strutt Rayleigh. Organization and Arrangement of CollectionThis collection is organized into five series:
Series I is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, and the other series are arranged chronologically. Access to Collectionhttp://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Melanie J. Mueller in 2012. Preferred Citation of CollectionBox [number], Folder [number], Robert Williams Wood papers. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA. Container List
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