A scientist in American life : essays and lectures of Joseph Henry / edited by Arthur P. Molella [and others] ; foreword by Lewis Thomas.

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980.

vii, 136 pages : portrait ; 23 cm

On theory and practice (1832).--Review of the "Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood " (1838).--Geology and revelation (early 1840's).--Thoughts on architecture (ca. 1849).--Address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850).--On the Crystal Palace Exhibition (ca. 1851).--Closing address before the Metropolitan Mechanics' Institute (1853).--The philosophy of education (1854).--The philosophy of inductive science (1866).--On the importance of the cultivation of science: letter to the Committee of Arrangements of the Farewell Banquet to Professor Tyndall (1873).--Remarks at the laying of the cornerstone of the American Museum of Natural History (1874).--Remarks at the grave of Joseph Priestley (1874).--Presidential address to the National Academy of Sciences (1876).