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'''William Francis Magie''' (1858 – 1943) was an American [[physicist]], a founder of the [[American Physical Society]] (president from 1910–12) and the first professor of [[physics]] at [[Princeton University]], where he had graduated (class [[valedictorian]], 1880) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the [[contact angle]] of liquids and solids and on the [[specific heat]] of solutions were notable, as was his text ''Principles of Physics''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/magie_william.html |first=Alexander |last=Leitch |encyclopedia=A Princeton Companion |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1978 |title=Magie, William Francis |accessdate=2008-10-25}}</ref>
'''William Francis Magie''' (1858–1943) was an American [[physicist]], a founder of the [[American Physical Society]] (president from 1910 to 1912) and the first professor of [[physics]] at [[Princeton University]], where he had graduated (class [[valedictorian]], 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the [[contact angle]] of liquids and solids and on the [[specific heat]] of solutions were notable, as was his text ''Principles of Physics''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/magie_william.html |first=Alexander |last=Leitch |encyclopedia=A Princeton Companion |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1978 |title=Magie, William Francis |access-date=2008-10-25}}</ref> He was an elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1896).<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=William+Francis+Magie&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

== Personal views ==
Magie served as the president of the Men's Anti-Suffrage League of New Jersey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Mappen|first=Marc|date=1990-10-14|title=JERSEYANA|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/nyregion/jerseyana.html|access-date=2021-08-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In this capacity, he argued that [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] would ruin the family structure, destroy [[gender role]]s, and "undermine civilization."<ref name=":0" />


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
*Magie, William Francis, editor, translator. (1899). {{Google books|2sg4AQAAMAAJ|The Second Law of Thermodynamics}}: Memoirs by [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot|Carnot]], [[Rudolf Clausius|Clausius]] and [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|Thomson]].
*Magie, William Francis. (1911). [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000592312 ''Principles of physics, designed for use as a textbook of general physics'']. New York: Century. {{Google books|6rYXAAAAIAAJ|Principles of physics}}
*Magie, William Francis. (1911). [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000592312 ''Principles of physics, designed for use as a textbook of general physics'']. New York: Century. {{Google books|6rYXAAAAIAAJ|Principles of physics}}
*Magie, William Francis. (1935). ''A Source Book in Physics''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Includes selections and translations of classic works in physics. {{Google books|LzCHyuzRK_cC|A source book in physics}}
*Magie, William Francis. (1935). ''A Source Book in Physics''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Includes selections and translations of classic works in physics. {{Google books|LzCHyuzRK_cC|A source book in physics}}
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 13 March 2024

c. 1904/1905

William Francis Magie (1858–1943) was an American physicist, a founder of the American Physical Society (president from 1910 to 1912) and the first professor of physics at Princeton University, where he had graduated (class valedictorian, 1879) and where he served for two decades as dean of the faculty. His papers on the contact angle of liquids and solids and on the specific heat of solutions were notable, as was his text Principles of Physics.[1] He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society (1896).[2]

Personal views[edit]

Magie served as the president of the Men's Anti-Suffrage League of New Jersey.[3] In this capacity, he argued that women's suffrage would ruin the family structure, destroy gender roles, and "undermine civilization."[3]

Selected works[edit]

Notes[edit]

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William Francis Magie
  1. ^ Leitch, Alexander (1978). "Magie, William Francis". A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ a b Mappen, Marc (1990-10-14). "JERSEYANA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-18.

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