Quotes:Nipher, Francis Eugene

Zirkoff, Boris

Nipher, Francis Eugene. American physicist, b. at Port Byron, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1847; d. Oct. 6, 1927. Instructor in Physics at State Univ, of Iowa, 1870-74. Prof, of physics, 1874-1914. Prof. Emeritus, 1914, at the Washington University, St. Louis. Showed that positive photographic picture could be produced in direct light, and made extensive study of electrical discharges. Author of: Electricity and Magnetism, Philadelphia, 1914. It is uncertain whether H.P.B.’s reference is to these Studies in some earlier edition. The title she refers to has not been traced.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, p. 538