Alden Partridge - Works

Works

Partridge wrote widely, mostly in local newspapers and in books, about his many travels, several mathematical and scientific subjects, and his constant, vocal opposition to the academy at West Point. The following is an incomplete list of his writings.

• "Observations Relative to the Calculation of the Altitude of Mountains, etc, by the Use of the Barometer" (1812)

• "Method of Determining the Initial Velocity of Projectiles" (1812)

• "Account of Some Experiments on Fire of Artillery and Infantry at the Military Academy in 1810 and 1814"

• "Newton's Binomial Theorem" (1814)

• "Meteorological Tables" (1810–1814)

• "A General Plan for the Establishment of Military Academies" (1815)

• "Reports of the National Academy" (1814–1817)

• "Lectures on National Defense" (1821–1827)

• "Discourse on education" 1826. The art of epistolary composition, or Models of letters, billets, bills of exchange ... with preliminary instructions and notes : to which are added, a collection of fables ... for pupils learning the French language; a series of letters between a cadet and his father, describing the system pursued at the American, literary, scientific and military academy at Middletown, Conn.: E. & H. Clark, 1826. PE1481 .P4

• The Military Academy, at West Point, unmasked: or, corruption and military despotism exposed. By Americanus, Washington, Sold at the bookstore of J. Elliot, 1830, 4-28 p. 22 cm. Attributed to Alden Partridge by Sidney Forman in his West Point. A History of the United States Military Academy (New York, 1950), p. 62. USMA: U410.F7 P258 .