In 1826 Joseph Henry went down from Albany, New York, to visit the United States Military Academy at West Point. He observed that one article very necessary in teaching chemestrys is found in this room. VIZ. a blackboard on which the student is taught the atomic theory and all algebraic formula and chemistry. Indeed, it appears to be one of the principles of teaching in this institution that everything as far as practical should be demonstrated on the blackboard.
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The quotes from Henry's writings are from
B. M.
Swartz
, Phys. Teach.
16
, 348
(1978
).2.
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this issue has four other articles describing Project Physics.
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