HENRY, Joseph: Memorial at the Smithsonian "Castle" in Washington, D.C. by William Wetmore Story located in James M. Goode's The Mall area

William Wetmore Story(click name for more of that artist's work)
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Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was a Scottish-American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was considered one of the greatest American scientists since Benjamin Franklin. While building electromagnets, Henry discovered the electromagnetic phenomenon of self-inductance. He also discovered mutual inductance independently of Faraday, though Faraday was the first to publish his results. Henry's work on the electromagnetic relay was the basis of the electrical telegraph, jointly invented by Samuel Morse and Charles Wheatstone. The SI unit of inductance, the henry, is named after Joseph Henry. Source: Wikipedia

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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 299 Item #7.17; The Mall area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p259 Item #G-11)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: William Wetmore Story(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: History, Science; Writers, Scholars, Inventors, Educators, Artists
Location: Jefferson Drive & 10th St NW Washington, D.C.
See The Mall areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Smithsonian(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76007968 (dcMem ID #449 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C.(p118)
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (20)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Henry(58)
Wikipedia article on Henry
Joseph Henry Papers Project
Scientific units named after people article
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on Henry statue

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