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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs

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Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903). Gibbs, a Yale alumnus, was an American chemist and pioneer in the field of physical chemistry. Gibbs developed statistical mechanics and the concept of Gibbs free energy in thermodynamics.

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  • 17 cm W x 25 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I: Sub-Series I: Georg Bredig Correspondence File, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 4, Folder 41

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“Portrait of Josiah Willard Gibbs.” Wilhelm Engelmann, n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 4, Folder 41. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ywkj3wc.

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Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.

Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Leipzig

J. Willard Gibbs

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Published by Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig

Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Leipzig

J. Willard Gibbs

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