INDEX

Action and reaction in electricity, 296–299

Adams, John Crouch, 181

Adams, President, 315

Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, 108–110, 120

Alexander the Liberator, Czar, 8, 9

Alhazan, 204

Alps, travels in, 146–150, 208

Alternating-current theory, 283–289, 294

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 291, 359

American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 283, 337, 348, 359–362

American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 359

American Journal of Science, 299

American Mathematical Society, 352

American Philosophical Society, 363

American Physical Society, 351–353, 358, 360

American scientific progress, 279–384 et passim

American Society of Civil Engineers, 359

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 359, 364

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 335, 338–340, 342, 345, 384

Americanization, 318 et passim

Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 256

Ampère, 187, 257

Appel, 257

Arago, 257

Archimedes, 193, 194, 221

Aristides, 92

Aristotle, 20

Armour & Co., 344

Armstrong, Major E. H., 19, 342, 358

Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 316

Arran (island), 212–217

Aspern (battle), 6

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 293

Atomic structure, 356, 357, 384–386. See also Matter, nature of, and Electrons

Bacon, Roger, 204

Bagpiper, Serbian, 19 et passim

Baker’s wagon, painting of, 62, 63

Banat, life and experiences in, 2–22, 95, 96, 152, 157–166, 324, 346

Barnard, President, of Columbia University, 104, 128, 135, 183, 185, 197, 199–202, 205, 220, 230, 278, 290, 291, 320, 375

Barrett, Lawrence, 89

Batikin, Baba, 6–8, 12, 29, 46, 112, 131

Becquerel, 350

Beecher, Doctor Henry Ward, 105–108, 124, 129, 136, 156, 163

Belgrade, experiences in, 153, 162

Belgrade University, 317

Bell, Alexander Graham, 299, 300, 319

Berlin, experiences and study in, 229–278, 309, 318, 338

Berlin, studies at University of, 229–278, 318, 338

Bessemer process, 259

Bible, The, 10, 18, 20, 21, 67, 243, 245, 246, 381, 382

Bilharz, 85–95, 100–104, 106, 108, 112, 113, 130, 131, 140, 247, 318

Biscuit factory experiences, 72–76, 78–95

Bismarck, 247, 253, 261, 275

Booth, Edwin, 89, 129

Bowery Mission, 66, 67, 84

Bradley, 285

Brown (New Jersey farmer), 66–68

Browning, Oscar, 143, 171–173

Bryant, William Cullen, 89, 93, 102

Budapest experiences, 25, 30, 150–152, 155, 162

Bukovala’s mill, 168, 169, 243

Bull, Doctor, 307

Burgess, Professor, 128, 135

Butler, Prescott Hall, 307, 308

Butler, President Nicholas Murray, 60

Cambridge University, 143–146, 156, 164, 169–187, 190–211, 309, 318, 321, 338, 349, 381

Campbell, 187, 211, 213, 228

Canal rays, 304

Cane rush, Columbia, 114, 117, 118

Carnegie, Andrew, 259, 360–365, 375

Carnegie Corporation of New York, 371

Carnegie Institution of Washington, 362, 366

Carnot, Sadi, 186, 193

Carter, Mr. (of Norfolk), 328

Carty, General J. J., 384, 387

Castle Garden, 1, 2, 39–41, 43, 45, 98, 99, 104, 105, 142, 148, 278 et passim

Cathode rays, 304, 305 et passim

Cavendish, Lord, 273

Cavendish Physics Laboratory, 183, 198, 199, 273

Cayley, 192

Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 78

Century Club, 308

Chanler, John Armstrong, 135

Charnoyevich, Patriarch, 3, 4

Chicago University, 376

Choate, Joseph, 288

Christian of West Street, 60–64, 72, 73, 80, 92, 104, 247

Christopher (kindling-wood peddler), 111, 117

Chuchuk Stana, 54, 55

Church in Delaware City, 52;

in Brooklyn, 105–107

Cicero, 112

Civil War, United States, 315, 360, 366

Clark, Latimer, 361, 362

Columbia College and University, 98–110, 112–123, 125–130, 132–137, 145, 160, 161, 197–199, 201, 202, 218, 276–310, 320–322, 326, 331, 352, 359, 361, 376 et passim

Cooper, Peter, 77, 319

Cooper Union, 64–66, 73, 75–80, 95, 98, 130, 132, 319

Copernicus, 195

Cornell University, 377

Corrie, summer at, 212–217

Cortlandt Street cracker factory, 72–76, 78–95

Coulomb’s law, 227, 228

Cracker-factory experiences, 72–76, 78–95

Crawford, F. Marion, 125, 143

Crocker, Professor Francis Bacon, 273, 279–282, 285, 286, 302, 310

Crookes, William, 303

Curie, Madame, 350

Custozza (battle), 7, 9

Danube, journey on, 23–25

Darboux, 257

Darwin, 91, 195

Davy, 202

Dayton, New Jersey, farm experiences, 66–68

Declaration of Independence, 56, 75, 76, 78, 79, 98, 103, 153, 163

De Forest, Lee, 342, 358

Delaware farm experiences, 45–56

Democracy, 383–387

De Morgan, Professor, 176

Dennis, Doctor Frederick Shepard, 323–324

Dernburg, 69

de Tocqueville, 203, 204, 256, 319, 320

Devonshire, Duke of, 273

DeWitt, 121

Dindorf (philologist), 131

Direct current theory, 283–289

Discharge of electricity in corona form, 293

Distortions in alternating current, 294

Draper, Doctor John William, 122, 202, 290, 291, 320, 375

Duncan, Doctor Louis, 289

Dunn, Gano, 292, 367, 368

Eastman, George, 375

Eastman Kodak Company, 341

Ebert, 293

Edison, Thomas, 135, 299, 307, 309, 319

Edison General Electric Company, 287, 289

Eilers (of cracker factory), 72

Einstein, 354–356

Electrical Congress, Chicago, 287, 289

Electrical Engineering Department, Columbia, 276–310

Electrical Researches (Faraday), 211, 213, 222–229

Electricity, passim

Electricity, 308, 309

Electromagnetic Induction, 133, 134

Electromagnetic theory of light and matter, 211, 218–229, 236–241, 264–271, 278, 293–295, 303–306, 349–351, 354–358

Electron Physics, 353–358

Electrons, 349–352, 356, 357, 381

Emmet, Devereux, 119

Engineering Foundation, 365–368

English, study of, 50, 55, 88

Ericsson, 78

Ether, 354, 355

Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 5

Evarts, William, 93

Evening Post, New York, 93

Evolution, 384–387

Ewing, General Thomas, 102

Experimental Researches in Electricity (Faraday), 211, 213, 222–229

Farad (electrical unit), 273

Faraday, Michael, 133–135, 193, 195, 199, 202, 205, 210–213, 215, 219–230, 233–241, 243, 245, 246, 249, 264, 267, 268, 270–274, 278, 281, 284, 303, 305, 306, 349, 351, 380

Faraday as Discoverer (Tyndall), 235

Fayerweather Laboratory, 376

Fehispan, governor of Torontal, 161–164

Fish, Frederick P., 340

Fiske, 352

Fizeau, 257

Fluorescent screens, 307, 309

Foucault, 257

Fourier, 257

France, summer in, 187–189;

visit to, 257, 258, 262

Francis, Emperor, 5

Francis Joseph, Emperor, 9, 22

Franklin, Benjamin, 12, 13, 19, 29, 39, 45, 57, 74, 105, 124, 193, 202, 266, 312, 315, 360

Franklin Institute, 348

Fred (friend of Jim the engineer), 83

Frederick, Crown Prince, 233, 275

Frederick the Great, 5–7

French scientific progress, 257, 262

Fresnel, 204, 257

Frushka Gora (mountain), 24

Gabriel, son of Milutin, 165–169

Gaenserndorf, 25, 26, 28

Galileo, 193–195, 221, 297, 333

Gallatin, Albert R., 296

Garibaldi, 8, 9

Geltner, Professor, 275

General Electric Company, 289, 341, 358

General Relativity Theory, 355

Generators, electrical, 281, 282

Germans, 30, 31, 35;

social democracy, 89;

scientific progress, 208, 256–264 et passim

Germany, studies in, 229–278, 318, 338

Gessler, 147

Ghiga (peasant), 161

Gibbons, Cardinal, 59, 60

Gibbs, Professor Josiah Willard, 184, 186, 207, 256, 257, 277, 278

Godfather of author, 160

Goethe, 86

Goldstein, Doctor, 303–305

Goodyear, 319

Graduation from Columbia, 136, 137

Grant, 79

Gravitation, nature of, 354

Green, Mr. (of Marconi Co.), 343–345

Grounding, importance of electrical, 301, 302

Hale, Doctor George Ellery, 294, 362, 367, 368

Hamilton, Alexander, 100, 101, 103, 107, 118, 121, 128, 193, 315

Hamilton, Duke of, 212

Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 100, 101

Harding, President Warren G., 386, 387

Harvard University, 256, 376

Hayduk Velyko, 6, 54, 55

Hayes, 91, 93

Heat, nature of, 76, 185, 186

Heat as a Mode of Motion (Tyndall), 102

Heaviside, 333–335

Hebert Prize of French Academy, 348

Helmholtz, Hermann von, 193, 195, 200, 208, 210, 218, 225, 230–243, 248, 249, 251, 256–258, 260–264, 271, 275, 277, 287, 289, 294, 295, 298, 299, 303–305, 341, 344

Henry (electrical unit), 273

Henry, Frank, 114, 115

Henry, Joseph, 77, 183, 201, 202, 205, 220, 266, 271–274, 284, 290, 291, 319, 320, 358, 366, 375

Henry, Patrick, 88

Herdsman, experiences in Idvor as, 14–21, 301, 302, 333, 334

Hermite, 257

Herschel, William, 202

Hertz, Doctor Heinrich, 219, 221, 228, 263–272, 301, 305

Hertzian oscillator, 265–270

Hilendar (monastery), 70

Hittorf, 303

Hoffman, 263

Hohenzollern, William, 112

Homer, 86, 112, 130, 131

Hook, 334

Hoover, Herbert, 314

Horace, 87

Horse training in Norfolk, 324–326

Howe, 77

Hunt, Robert, 102, 130

Huss, Yan, 33

Hutchinson, Doctor Cary T., 337

Huxley, 91

Idealism in American science, 311–384

Idvor, life and experiences in, 2–22, 34, 36, 138–143, 156–169, 189–191, 215, 242–248, 301, 302, 346

Inductance coils, 335–342, 345

Induction, Electromagnetic, 133, 134

Jackson, A. V. Williams, 275, 276

Jacoby, 352

Jay, John, 100, 101, 103, 107, 121, 143, 315

Jefferson, Thomas, 74, 315

Jefferson physical laboratory, Harvard, 256, 376

Jim (boiler-room engineer), 74–76, 78–85, 92, 95, 104, 106, 108, 130, 193

Johns Hopkins University, 59, 60, 183, 184, 198, 199, 288–292, 376

Karageorge, 6–9

Karlovci, 23, 24, 26, 30, 57, 68, 77, 97, 153–155, 162

Kellogg, Doctor Vernon, 373, 375

Kelvin, Lord (Sir William Thomson), 182, 183, 266, 287, 304, 332, 333, 335, 338, 363

Kepler, 204

Kessedjia, Moussa, 115

Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert, 204, 233, 258, 261, 263, 332, 333, 335, 338

Koenig, Professor Arthur, 230–232, 234, 235, 240, 241, 248, 249

Kos (Slovenian teacher), 19–21, 32, 76, 95, 241, 244, 266, 312

Kossovo (battle), 7, 54

Kossuth, 163

Krupp, 259

Labor Bureau, Castle Garden, 40, 41

La Grange, 187, 189, 190, 193, 194, 204, 206, 207, 210, 213, 257, 330, 331, 335, 338, 339, 348

Lansing, Robert, 2

Laplace, 187, 257

Lectures given for laboratory equipment, 280, 281

Lenard, Professor, 305

Leopold I, Emperor, 3, 4

Life of Maxwell (Campbell), 187

Light, nature of, 19–21, 133, 144, 166, 171, 201, 202, 211, 218–221, 240, 244, 271

Lincoln, Abraham, 8, 9, 29, 39, 55, 74, 79, 92, 105, 107, 193, 315, 319, 360, 366, 372

Lines of force, 226–230, 236–240, 265–271

Ling (of King’s College choir), 172

Lippmann, 257

Livingston, Chancellor, 100, 101, 103, 107, 121, 137

Longfellow, Henry W., 87, 102, 149

Lorentz, Professor, 355

Low, President, 307, 331

Lucerne experiences, 146–150

Lukanitch family, 95–99, 105, 106, 116, 136

Lyermontoff (poet), 18

Lyubomir, 168

Macmillan homestead, Corrie, 216, 217

Macnamara, Jane, 82, 86

Madge of Corrie, 213, 214, 216

Magnetism, 218–229

Marconi, 301, 302

Marconi Company of America, 343–345, 347

Maria Theresa, Empress, 5

Marko, Prince, 8, 9, 29, 46, 54, 55, 115, 195

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 359

Matter, nature of, 218–221, 354. See also Electrons, Atomic structure, etc.

Matter and Motion (Maxwell), 179, 185, 193

Maxwell, James Clerk, 133–135, 144, 145, 153, 166, 171, 174–176, 179–181, 183–187, 190, 193–195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 204, 206, 208, 210–214, 217–222, 229, 234–243, 249, 256, 264, 267, 270–274, 278, 284, 303, 305, 306, 320, 321, 350, 352, 380

Mayo-Smith, Professor Richmond, 128

McCormick, 77, 319

McCullough, John, 89

Méchanique Analytique (La Grange), 189, 193

“Men of Progress” (painting), 77, 78, 130, 319

Merriam, Professor, 128, 131, 134, 135, 143

Michael (college janitor), 114

Michelson, 354, 355

Miletich, Svetozar, 21, 22

Milton, 102

Moltke, 253, 261, 262, 275

Momentum in electricity, 297, 298

Morley, 354, 355

Morse, 77, 319

Motion, electric (in rarefied gases), 303–306

Moula Pasha, 6

Mount Wilson Astronomical Observatory, 294, 362, 367

Mueller (glass-blower), 303, 304

Napoleon, 5–7

Nassau Hall, Princeton, 69, 72, 84, 87, 88, 99, 101, 103

National Academy of Sciences, 205, 272, 360, 366, 367, 369

National Institute of Social Sciences, 339, 348

National Research Council, 317, 366–383, 387

Naturalization, 136, 137

Nature, 192, 200, 201, 205, 206, 208, 221, 236

Nemanya, Zhupan, 10

“Neptune, Father,” 139–142

Nettleton, Mr. (of Norfolk), 327–329

New England Cracker Factory, 72–76, 78–95

New Physics, 349, 353–358

New York, landing in, 37–42

New York Academy of Sciences, 309

New York Mathematical Society, 352

New York Rapid Transit Commission, 289

Newton, 174, 177, 179, 180, 186, 193–196, 204, 210, 211, 221, 225, 282, 283, 296, 334, 381

Niagara Falls Power and Construction Company, 287, 288

Nikola (Serbian cigarette seller), 252–254, 258, 274–276

Niven, W. D., 143–146, 156, 171, 174–176, 178, 180, 181, 186, 197, 240

Norfolk, Conn., life at, 322–329

Nyegosh, Bishop (poet), 20, 68, 112

Octagon class, 119, 121

Oerstedt, 221, 224

Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 71

Oscillator, Hertzian, 265–270, 301, 302

Oxen herding in Idvor, 14–21, 301, 302, 333, 334

Palacky, 31–33

Panchevo, experiences in, 12, 20–24, 29, 31, 35, 154–156, 163, 312–318

Paris peace conference, 2, 312, 314, 315

Parkinson, Stephen, 182, 183

Parsons, William Barclay, 286

Pashitch, Premier, 312

Paul (of the cracker factory), 79, 80

Penn, William, 45, 57

Perrin, 349

Philadelphia, early experiences in, 56, 57

Phonograph, 299, 300

Physical Society, Berlin, 263–271

Physics, New and Electron, 349, 353–358

Pickernell, Mr., 335

Planck, 261, 277

Plea for Pure Science, A (Rowland), 291

Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, 105–108, 129

Poetry of Science, The (Hunt), 102

Poincaré, 257

Pornic, vacation in, 187–189

Power distribution, electrical, 289

Practical Aspects of the Alternating Current Theory (Pupin), lecture, 283, 284

Prague, experiences in, 21–35, 163, 164, 248

Preceptorial system in college, 326

Princeton University, 69–72, 84, 87, 101, 143, 272, 316, 326

Privilegia (document), 4, 5, 9

Problems of physical universe, 354

Prussians, 247–255. See also Germans

Pupin coil, 335–342, 345

Pupin, Constantine (father of author), 2, 21–23, 34, 158

Pupin, Mrs. Michael, 276–278, 292, 310, 322, 330–332

Pupin, Olympiada (mother of author), 2, 10–12, 22, 23, 34, 157–160, 168, 169, 190, 191, 215, 242–246, 249–251, 255

Pyne, Moses Taylor, 69

Radichevich, Branko, 154

Radio, 295–299, 303, 342, 343, 357, 358

Radioactivity, 350, 351, 381

Radium, 350

Rayleigh, Lord, 144, 175, 176, 181, 184, 197, 213, 240, 330, 352

Regnault, 182

Relativity theories, 355

Research, progress of America in, 279–384

Resonance, 295–299

Resonators, electrical, 295–301

Reymond, DuBois, 258, 263

Rieger, 31–33

Rittenhouse, 202

Rives, George, 143

Rives, Reginald, 326

Rockefeller, John D., 375

Rockefeller Foundation, 371

Rockefeller General Education Board, 371

Roentgen, 305, 306, 349, 350

Roentgen rays, 302, 303, 305, 329, 349, 380. See also X-rays

Rood, Professor, 133, 134, 199

Routh, Doctor John Edward, 174–180, 182, 185–187, 189, 197, 213

Rowland, Henry Augustus, 183, 184, 256, 287–292, 295, 298, 299, 352–354, 357, 358

Royal Serbian Academy, 317

Rumford, Count (Benjamin Thompson), 202, 218

Rutherford, Sir Ernest, 352, 353

Rutherford Park, N. J., summer at, 111–113

Rutherfurd, Lewis, 122

Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 122–129, 133–135, 144

Rutherfurd, Winthrop, 122–126, 144

Ryerson Laboratory, 376

St. Sava, 10–12, 33, 35, 68, 70, 77, 141, 158, 250

School life in Idvor, 10–12; in Panchevo, 12

Science, 309

Scientific American, 74

Scientific progress and research, 202–206, 218–230, 256–264, 279–310, 311–384 et passim

Scientific research, American progress in, 279–310

Scientific research and the universities, 341–343, 358–360, 375, 376

Scotland, summer in, 212–217

Serbian Child Welfare Association of America, 312

Serbs, 1–28, 151–168 et passim

Shakespeare, 86, 89, 129

Shepard, Doctor Charles, 108–111, 136

Siemens, Ernst Werner von, 260, 275, 289, 344

Siemens and Halske, 344, 345

Signalling by herdsmen of Idvor, 15–21, 301, 302, 333, 334

Sing Sing prison, 284, 287

Singers, Serbian, 155

Sloan Laboratory, 376

Smith, Professor Monroe, 128

Smithsonian Institution, 272

Snellius, 204

Sobiesky, King, 3

Solar corona, 293

Solar phenomena, electromagnetic theory of, 293, 294

Sorbonne, the, 257

Sound, early herdsman’s experiments, 15–21, 301, 302;

transmission, 333

South St. Mary, Md., 58

Special Relativity Theory, 355

Sprague, Frank J., 287

Steel industry, German, 259

Stillwell, Lewis B., 287

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 175, 181, 192, 197, 204, 213, 240

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 39, 105

Strazhilovo, Will, 162

Subways, 289

Summary and Conclusions (Tyndall), 204–208

Sun, New York, 74, 93, 94

Swasey, Ambrose, 363–365, 368, 369, 375

Swift Company, 344

Switzerland, experiences in, 146–150, 208, 330, 331

Telegraphy, 234, 300, 347, 348

Telephony, 299, 300, 331–342, 345–348

Tell, William, 147

Tendencies of Modern Electrical Research (Pupin), 309

Tesla, 285

Theory of Heat (Maxwell), 185, 193

Theses for doctor’s degree, 277

Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist, 259, 260

Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford), 202, 218

Thomson, Elihu, 284, 286, 287, 289

Thomson-Houston Company, 287, 289

Thomson, Sir John Joseph, 198, 292, 293, 306, 349, 350, 352, 356, 381

Thomson, Sir William (Lord Kelvin), 182, 183, 266, 287, 304, 332, 333, 335, 338, 363

Tilden, 91

Tilton, 105

Tolstoy, 152

Traction, electrical, 286, 287

Traditions, 104, 105, 120, 121

Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 299

Transmission and motion of electricity, 287, 303–306

Tribune, New York, 91

Tuning, electrical, 19, 295–299. See also Radio

Tyndall, John, 102, 130, 132, 186, 199–213, 220–222, 230, 235, 236, 240, 283, 291, 321, 351, 377

Tyndall Fellowship, 199, 209

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 29, 39, 105, 156

United Engineering Society, 361–365

Vacuum tubes, 303–306, 349, 357, 358

Van Amringe, Professor Howard, 128, 352

Van Nostrand Magazine, 179

Vaschy, 333–335

Velocity, electrical, 234

Vibratory motion, transmission of, 330–338

Vienna experiences, 97, 150–152, 154, 155

“Vila” of Delaware farm, 47–58, 80, 88

Vila Raviyoyla, 195

Vitellio, 204

Vreeland, Mr. (inventor of oscillator), 19

War, World, 312, 315, 316, 333, 334, 344, 359, 360, 366, 369–371, 376

Warner, Mr., 364

Warner and Swasey shops, 364

Washington, George, 54, 55, 100, 137, 193, 315, 372

Washington, Martha, 54

Watt, James, 75

Webster, Arthur Gordon, 255–257, 308

Webster, Daniel, 88, 315

Webster, Professor at Adelphi Academy, 108, 109

Welch, Professor William, 184

Western Electric Company, 340, 358

Westinghouse Company, 284, 341

Westphalia (ship), 35–39, 138

Wheeler, Doctor Schuyler Skaats, 361

White, Andrew D., 203, 220, 274, 320, 375, 377, 378

Widener, Mr., 326

William I, Emperor, 252, 275

Wilson, President Woodrow, 2, 71, 313–315, 367, 369, 370

“Wilson Day” in Panchevo, 312–318

Wireless, 295–299, 303, 342, 343, 357, 358

Worcester Gazette, 308

World War, 312, 315, 316, 333, 334, 344, 359, 360, 366, 369–371, 376

X-rays, 305–310, 330, 332, 350, 351. See also Roentgen rays

Yale University, 184, 185, 376

Yevrosima (mother of Prince Marko), 54, 195

Youmans, 320

Young, Professor Charles A., 293

Young, Thomas, 204

Zhivkovich, Protoyeray, 20, 22, 31, 32, 156, 316

Zhizhka (general), 33

Transcriber’s Note:

Punctuation has been standardised. Spelling and variations in hyphenation have been retained as they appeared in the original publication except as follows:

Page 22 Zivkovich came to my defense changed to Zhivkovich came to my defense

Page 96 and a a big tear threatened changed to and a big tear threatened

Page 257 Hermite, Darboux, Appell, Lippmann, changed to Hermite, Darboux, Appel, Lippmann,

Page 308 adressed a letter to the changed to addressed a letter to the

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