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Title: Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère collection
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1970
Collection Number: mssAmpère
Creator OR Collector:
Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère
Extent:
175 items in one box.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Correspondence regarding the members and activities of the Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère.
Language of Material: The material is in French and English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
[Identification of item], Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Burndy Library Collection, gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. Was Burndy MS Collection 68.
The Society of Friends of André-Marie Ampère was founded June 12, 1930, on the initiative of Paul Janet,
Academy of Sciences, Director of the Graduate School of Electricity. Its purpose is to perpetuate the memory of André-Marie
Ampère by any
means it deems appropriate, including conferences, publications, and scholarships. Its head office is in Poleymieux (Rhone).
Bern Dibner was a member of the society. Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one
of the main founders
of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics." The SI unit of measurement of electric
current, the ampere, is named after him.
The majority of the collection is correspondence (both originals and copies) regarding the society, their membership, and
their activities.
It is arranged alphabetically by author and then addressee. Participants include several prominent engineers and scientists
including Bern Dibner,
Alfred Castelnau, Karl K. Darrow, Louis Domenach, Harold S. Geneen, David Landau, L. Pearce Williams, and Christian V. Pellier.
Much of the collection is written in French. This material is noted on the folders.
There is also one folder of material, including correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, invoices and images related to the production
of the booklet "André-Marie Ampère."
Also a copy of a talk about Ampère written by Bern Dibner and one folder of ephemera.
Ampère, André-Marie, 1775-1836
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Dibner, Bern
Domenach, Louis, 1888-
Landau, David, 1882-
Williams, L. Pearce, 1927-2015
Burndy Library, former owner
Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère
Mathematicians -- France
Physicists -- France
Science -- Societies, etc. -- France
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
Manuscripts -- 20th century