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Thomas C. Brinsmade

Thomas C. Brinsmade is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thomas C. Brinsmade rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Clark Brinsmade (June 16, 1802 – June 22, 1868), sometimes misspelled Brimsmade, was a medical doctor in Troy, New York, who was the sixth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born in New Hartford, Connecticut, on June 16, 1802.

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Reference excerpt

Thomas Clark Brinsmade (June 16, 1802 – June 22, 1868), sometimes misspelled Brimsmade, was a medical doctor in Troy, New York, who was the sixth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born in New Hartford, Connecticut, on June 16, 1802. After studying and practicing medicine in Massachusetts and Connecticut, he moved to Lansingburgh, New York, in 1823 and then to Troy, New York, in 1833. He received an honorary degree in medicine from Yale University in 1839. After the deaths of Stephen Van Rensselaer (1839) and Amos Eaton (1842), when the Rensselaer School was in dire need of funds, Brinsmade bought the entire property and equipment of the school at an auction. He allowed faculty and students to use it until the school could repay him. He was a president of the Rensselaer Medical Society and later moved to the state medical society In 1857 he was elected its vice-president of the State Medical Society, and the following year, president. In 1858, as vice-president, he delivered an address on the registration of diseases, and furnished the society an accurate record of his practice for twenty-one years, carefully analyzed and tabulated, covering three hundred pages of the published transactions, and comprising statistics of 37,872 cases. In 1860 he presented another paper on the registration of diseases, including statistics of 20,056 cases treated between 1858 and 1859. He was one of the earliest patrons of Rensselaer and a trustee for twenty years. He was treasurer from 1844 to 1847 and vice president from 1864 to 1868. He was elected president of the Institute on May 7, 1868. His tenure was short-lived, however, as he died during a meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 22, 1868, while giving a speech demanding for more funds.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thomas C. Brinsmade

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thomas C. Brinsmade claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Thomas C. Brinsmade before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Thomas C. Brinsmade ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Thomas C. Brinsmade

In research: Thomas C. Brinsmade appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thomas C. Brinsmade in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thomas C. Brinsmade is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1802 births, 1868 deaths, American academic administrator, 19th-century birth stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thomas C. Brinsmade outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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