A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

ALBERT EINSTEIN: (1879 - 1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships revolutionized the field of

ALBERT EINSTEIN: (1879 - 1955) American physicist whose Theory of Relativity and studies of mass and energy relationships revolutionized the field of

JOSEPH-IGNACE GUILLOTIN: (1738 - 1814) French physician and politician, a defender of capital punishment who proposed the use of the beheading machine

ANDRE AMPERE: (1775 - 1836) French mathematician, chemist and physicist who formulated the basis for electrodynamics and developed a law on the force

JEAN M. CHARCOT: (1825 - 1893) French neurologist and world-renowned teacher whose most famous student was Sigmund Freud. Scarce A.L.S. "Charco...

THOMAS A. EDISON: (1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the

THOMAS A. EDISON: (1847 - 1931) American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, typewriter, and microphone, to name a few. Considered perhaps the

GEORGE W. GOETHALS: (1858 - 1928) American army officer and engineer appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to supervise construction of the Panama Canal. A.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER: (1875 - 1965) French physician and theologian, a specialist in tropical medicine. Very fine content A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Lambarene, Apr

HOWARD R. HUGHES: (1905 - 1976) American industrialist and aviator, an eccentric billionaire who controlled RKO, founded the Hughes Tool Corp., and bu