Statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry" class="extiw" title="en:Joseph Henry">Joseph Henry</a> (1897) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Adams_(sculptor)" class="extiw" title="en:Herbert Adams (sculptor)">Herbert Adams</a> (1858–1945). Henry, who discovered electromagnetic induction independently of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" class="extiw" title="en:Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a>, holds an electromagnet that he devised. The statue is one of sixteen statues along the balustrade of the Main Reading Room, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.. Henry's statue and a second statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton" class="extiw" title="en:Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> symbolize progress in science.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Herbert_Adams_(sculptor)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Herbert Adams (sculptor)"><span title="American sculptor (1858-1945)">Herbert Adams</span></a>
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