William Brandon Gordon, USMA 1877
1853-1938
Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, USMA, August
28, 1884 to August 28, 1886 and Principal Assistant Professor to August
28, 1888. Professor Natural and Experimental Philosophy, USMA, 1901-1917.
Publications:
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Sound and light, West Point, N.Y. : U.S. Military Academy Press, 1906,
1st ed. TEXTBKS-PERSHING CNTR QC220 .G6 1906a, 175 p., [46] p. of
plates : ill., diagrs. ; 24 cm.
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Mechanics, [West Point, N.Y.? : United States Military Academy Printing
Office? 1914?], TEXTBKS-PERSHING CNTR QA807 .G67 1914b, 47 columns : ill.,
diagrs. ; 24 x 29 cm
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A text-book on mechanics, West Point, N.Y. : United States Military Academy
Printing Office, 1914. TEXTBKS-PERSHING CNTR QA807 .G67 1914.
vii, 276 p. : ill., diagrs. ; 24 cm. Notes: "Corrections": [6] leaves inserted.
I wonder what is on these 6 leaves. Is this an instructor's
copy.
Genealogy:
His son Phillip Gordon (#4681) and grandson William
Gordon Bartlett (#9676) are both graduates.
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.