About William Arnold Anthony
Lived 1835 – 1908 (aged 72). William Arnold Anthony was an American physicist and university teacher.
William Arnold Anthony (November 17, 1835 – May 29, 1908) was an American physicist.
Biography Anthony was born in Coventry, Rhode Island. He was educated at the Yale Scientific School (today Sheffield Scientific School) and graduated in 1860. He was the president of the AIEE from 1890-1, and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In 1875, while at Cornell, Arnold and student George Sylvanus Moler built a dynamo which was similar to the Gramme machine. The lamps were "visible for many miles around, and it excited the wonder of the inhabitants."
Publications His published papers include contributions read before these societies, and other numerous scientific articles which have appeared in the American Journal of Science, Journal of the Franklin Institute, the Popular Science Monthly, and several electrical journals. He is joint author with C. F. Brackett of an Elementary Textbook on Physics (New York, 1885),
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Who was William Arnold Anthony?
U.S. physicist (1835–1908)
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William Arnold Anthony was born on 17 November 1835 in Coventry.
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William Arnold Anthony died on 29 May 1908 in Manhattan.
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William Arnold Anthony was a physicist and university teacher.
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