Welcome and About Me
Welcome to the historical math and science blog! My name is Sam Gallagher, I'm a 24 year old electrical engineer from Pennsylvania with a particular interest in the history of math and science. This hobby of mine has taken me through many projects, and because much of the work I'm doing is unique, is hard to find elsewhere, or is simply interesting and fun, I decided it was time to make a website where people could share in the adventures. I'll also be managing resources for various topics of interest, especially when there is little information about a topic available from Googling or using Wikipedia. Some examples of projects, both from the past and looking into the future: A recreation of Nobili's astatic galvanometer This instrument was used by Faraday in making his electrical measurements, detecting currents into the microampere (uA) range. It allowed Faraday to discover electromagnetic induction. Named for Leopoldo Nobili, who corresponded with Faraday. I have m...