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Trowbridge (JOHN an American scientist)

JOHN, an American scientist; born in Boston, Mass., in 1843; was graduated at the Lawrence Scientific TROWBRIDGE School, Harvard University, in 1865; served as instructor there in 1866-1869 He was assistant Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- He afterward nology in 1869-1870. He afterward founded a laboratory course in physics at Harvard University and was Professor of Experimental Physics in 1880-1888.

In the latter year he accepted the chair of applied science in the same institution.

In 1878 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1883 was a delegate to the International Congress of Electricians. He was author of "The New Physics"; "What is Electricity?" "Three Boys on an Electrical Boat"; "The Electrical Boy"; "Philip's Experiments, or Physical Science at Home"; and of many papers on physics and more especially on electricity.