Joseph Henry House
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The Joseph Henry House is a building located on the campus of Princeton University
. Joseph Henry
, American physicist
, who worked in electromagnetics, constructed an early electric motor and discovered self-inductance
, lived here from 1832 to 1846 while teaching at what was then known as The College of New Jersey, later to become Princeton University.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry was an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as well as a founding member of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was highly regarded...
, American physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
, who worked in electromagnetics, constructed an early electric motor and discovered self-inductance
Inductance
In electromagnetism and electronics, inductance is the ability of an inductor to store energy in a magnetic field. Inductors generate an opposing voltage proportional to the rate of change in current in a circuit...
, lived here from 1832 to 1846 while teaching at what was then known as The College of New Jersey, later to become Princeton University.