Download or read book Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington Vol. V written by Philosophical Society Of Washington and published by Westphalia Press. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he Philosophical Society of Washington was founded on March 13, 1871. It was preceded by gatherings at the home of Joseph Henry, the great scientist whose discoveries laid the foundations for advances in magnetism and electromagnetism. Since 1887 it has met at the Cosmos Club, in whose founding the Philosophical members played a large part. In 1878, when the Cosmos was founded, there was fear that the Philosophical would start an alternative club, so all the present members of the Philosophical were invited to join as founding members of the Cosmos.