the Smithsonian Institution the Langley Gold Medal for Aerodynamics. In 1939, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics presented him with a testimonial resolution. Perhaps the greatest honor bestowed on him was the naming of the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in California. Ames died on June 24, 1943, after being in failing health for several years due to a stroke. Publications 1897: The Theory of Physics 1898: A Manual of Experiments in Physics at Internet Archive 1898: The Free Expansion of Gases at Internet Archive 1900: Elements of Physics 1900: The Induction of Electric Currents (two volumes) 1904: Text-Book of General Physics via Internet Archive 1929: Theoretical Mechanics References External links Papers of Joseph Sweetman Ames from Johns Hopkins University library Further reading 1864 births 1943 deaths American science writers Collier Trophy recipients Johns Hopkins University faculty Presidents of Johns Hopkins University Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences People from Manchester, Vermont Presidents of the American Physical Society