00546-Buckingham

Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, USMA 1829

Born: March 14 1808, Zanesville OH.
Died: August 30 1888, Chicago IL, age 80.

Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, USMA, October 4, 1830 to August 28, 1831.
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Kenyon College, 1833-1836.
Member of the Board of Visitors, USMA, 1879.

Publications:

New Arithmetic on the Unit System, Philadelphia 1869. [Ohio CONSORT Colleges KEN Main 511 B3]
Elements of the Differential and Integral Dalculus: by a New Method, Founded on the True System of Sir Isaac Newton, Without the Use of Infinitesimals or Limits. Chicago: S.C. Griggs, 1875. xlvi, [49]-343 p. : diagrs. ; 20 cm. [U of Cincinnati SW Depository QA303 .B82]. Second edition 1880. No copy at USMA.
Putnam family genealogy. YEAR: 1890 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 11 p. ; 27 x 20 cm. NOTES: Typed copy of genealogy compiled by Gen. Catharinus Putnam Buckingham. C.P. Fenner, grandson of Buckingham, made the copy and had it notarized in 1890. [WorldCat ACCESSION: 23367112]
Cullum says he is the author of Principles of Arithmetic, 1871.

References:

Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872. TITLE: Washington, [D.C.], to C[atharinus] P. Buckingham, IN: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872. YEAR: 1862 PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 1 item (3 p.); 26 cm. NOTES: Collection includes other material. Refutes statements concerning Halleck and George McClellan attributed to Dr. Metcalfe. [Available in ILLINOIS STATE HIST LIBR according to WorldCat ACCESSION: 32880693]
AUTHOR: United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit) | TITLE: Zebulon Parker, vs. William Hatfield : | in chancery. | PLACE: [s.l. : |PUBLISHER: s.n., | YEAR: 1843 | PUB TYPE: Book | FORMAT: 8 p. ; 20 cm. | NOTES: Caption title.| NOTES: Caption title. | At head of title: Circuit Court of the United States, for the | District of Ohio. December term, 1843. | "Report of C. P. Buckingham, Special Master Commissioner, | appointed in the cause in chancery": p. [1]-8. | SUBJECT: Water-wheels -- Patents. | OTHER: Parker, Zebulon, complainant. | Hatfield, William, defendant. | Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam, 1808-1888. [WorldCat says the University of Rochester has a copy: ACCESSION: 4168478]

Pictures:

Engraving owned by the Association of Graduates.

http://people.delphi.com/yatsuo/go_b.htm

http://www.trader-skis.com/generals/union_generals/b/buckingham_c_p.htm

Pictures of CPB

http://www.picturehistory.com/find/c/246/p/10/start/132/startpage/96/mcms.html

Genealogy:

Grandson of Rufus Putnam.

Correspondence:

1824-05-21. E. Buckingham in Putnam [Ohio?] to Douglass at WP. Introduction for his son.

Obituaries:

Ann. Assoc. Grads USMA, April 1889.

Cullum #546. B-OH: Arty: Resd 31: CivEngr, Prof, Merchant 31-61: BG USV 62: Resd 63: Pres Steel Co 73-88: Writer math subjects 71-80: D-IL 30Aug88: Ob-AR 89. [From 1990 Register of Graduates]

Have paper folder.

Buckingham and the Y-bridge:

References:

Arney, Chris, West Point's Scientific 200: Celebration of the Bicentennial. Biographies of 200 of West Point's Most Successful and Influential Mathematicians, Scientists, Engineers, and Technologists, 2002.