Title | Annotation |
|---|---|
| "Bring back your party safe" : medicine and health on the Lewis and Clark expedition | |
| 1492: An Ongoing Voyage | |
| 150 Years of Anesthesia 1846-1996 | This site, produced by the Massachusetts General Hospital, examines the history of the first anesthesia, ether. Discovered as an aid to sedate patients in the middle of the nineteenth century, its use was heralded as a breakthrough which would lead to a new, better age of surgery. The 7 short essays on this site, written for a general audience, discuss the discovery of ether, the doctors involved, its use at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the subsequent history and future of anesthesiology. A few photographs and drawings of related materials are included. |
| 1882 Transit of Venus | |
| 19th Century Scientific American Online | Snippets from the first two volumes of Scientific American magazine. Very little information available and what is is of a frivolous nature. Not for research. Site has not been updates since 1997. |
| 4000 Years of Women in Science | This site documents the history of women in science by providing a long list of biographies including female scientists from a range of disciplines. The site design is old and the navigation is basic, but a large amount of information on certain individuals is available throught this site and its links. The site offers a short introduction, the biographies, a few images, and a bibliography. Visitors can select whether to browse the biographies alphabetically, by date of birth, or by field. The site boasts more than 100 records, but many are one-sentence descriptions which are not useful. |
| 4000 Years of Women in Science | This site compiles over 130 biographies of women scientists throughout the ages organized alphabetically, chronologically, and by discipline. A handful of images are also available, as is an extensive bibliography. Unfortunately most of the site has not been updated since 1999 and many of the off-site links are no longer valid. |
| A Brief History of Electrocardiography | |
| A Brief History of Photography and the Photographic Process | |
| A More Perfect Union | In addition to the wealth of material available in the online exhibit and collection, this site includes a "Reflections" section where visitors may share their responses to seven different questions about issues raised in the exhibit and read the responses of others. In addition to asking for reactions to the website and exhibit itself, there are questions asking for visitor experiences of internment or the World War II era. |
| A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit | A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit, an online exhibit at the National Institutes of Health, explores the history of the pregnancy test kit from the laboratory to the digital age and invites women to share their personal stories through an online survey. In addition to the scientific background on the research that led to the development of the test, it also includes an historical timeline of pregnancy testing, as well as early advertisements for the test and portrayals of the test in television. |
| A-Bomb WWW Museum | This large site has two goals: to provide a history of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the impact it had locally and globally, and to provide a forum for the discussion of anti-nuclear efforts. The section of the site devoted to the history of the topic, has an introductory essay about the Enola Gay and the bomb drop, while subsections examine the destruction of the city with graphs, scientific studies, dozens of photographs of the devastation, and, most powerfully, the recollections of five survivors. |
| Abacus in Various Number Systems | |
| Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads | |
| About Goddard Space Flight Center | This site from NASA contains a brief biography and photograph of the physicist and "father of modern rocket propulsion," Robert Hutchings Goddard. Among the many firsts by Goddard listed, is the first liquid fuel rocket (1926), which led to the development of military missiles and the possibility of space exploration. A link on the liquid fueled rocket leads to several photographs and engineering sketches and an account of its inaugural flight. Statistics (size, employees, locations, funding, milestones) about the NASA center which is named after Goddard are also available. |
| Abraham Darby | This page briefly details the life of bridge builder Abraham Darby. Though author Ian Beach focuses on Darby's career, work with iron, and response to new technologies, Beach also briefly explores the effect that Darby's Quakerism had on his life. Ten images, mostly of Darby's bridges, accompany the text. |
| Academy of Natural Sciences | This website includes information about the museum and collections of the American Academy of Natural Sciences. An on-line exhibit about paleontologist and anatomist, Joseph Leidy, will interest historians of biology, natural science and zoology. The Society's database of 22 collections includes links to digital archives of Ichthyology, Invertebrate Paleontology, Malacology, Ornithology, Rotifers, VIREO, Mollusk, and Orthopteroid Insects. Other collections have not been digitized, however, researchers will find information about how to physically access these materials. |
| ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI | This is a simple and plain search page hosted by a number of Italian universities and institutes. The aim of the project is to furnish science historians and other scholars with an instrument to research the correspondence of Italian scientists during the period between the Italian Risorgimento (mid 19th century) and the present. The service permits the user to research the letters and correspondence of Edoardo Amaldi, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Emanuele Paterna's Enrico Persico, Bruno Touschek and Vito Volterra. The data bank now contains about 54,000 items. |
| Access Excellence | Access Excellence is an educational website aimed at teachers and younger students. The site contains recent news stories about scientific developements and health issues and offers suggestions and activities teachers can use in their classrooms. |
| AdFlip | Adflip is an archive of more than 6,000 print advertisements published from 1940 to the present. The site is privately financed and was created by two individuals who felt that ¨print advertising captures the essence of society at any given time. Products advertised include everything from dog food to DeSotos. The site may be searched by year, product type, and brand name. Many ads may be sent as electronic post-cards for free. For each ad, the site tells when and in what publication it appeared. A 170-word introduction describes the site. |
