Title | Annotation |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| A Brief History of Electrocardiography | |
| A Brief History of Photography and the Photographic Process | |
| 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 Walk Through Time: The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages | |
| 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. |
| African American Inventor Series | |
| African-American Inventors | |
| Agricultural Research Timeline | |
| Agropolis-Museum | |
| Albumen Photographs: History Science and Preservation | |
| Alcohol and Drugs History Society | The Alcohol and Drugs History Society uses this site as a clearing house for news and information relating to their targeted subject area. The site contains excerpts and links to current news articles from around the world as well as book reviews and historical essays. The site also houses the online edition of the society's academic journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs. A menu on the right side of the page allows users to find information on a host of topics including various types of drugs and alcohol and drug related policies and events in specific countries. |
| Alexander Graham Bell | |
| Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers | This site offers nearly 5,000 facsimile items from the large collection of Alexander Graham Bell Family papers. Materials include scientific notebooks, blueprints, articles and speeches written by Bell, seven photographs, more than 3,000 letters to and from Bell and members of his family, and even a few poems Bell wrote as a child. Bell's correspondence includes over 100 letters between Bell and Helen Keller or between Bell and others discussing Keller. The collection may be searched by subject, name, keyword, or series. |
| Alexander Graham Bell Institute of University College of Cape Breton | An online collection of portions of the Bell Institute's holdings, which are largely reproductions from the Library of Congress. Contains a vast amount of documentation on topics which include correspondence, the Aerial Experiment Association, and lab notes. These are accessible by browsing drop down menus which allow one to choose collection, volume, and page. It also can be searched using predefined or custom keywords. The Bell Family Archive also contains a an image gallery of photos ranging from telephones to kites to family members. |
| Alexander Graham Bell Notebooks Project | This University of Virginia site contains one of Alexander Graham Bell's notebooks (1875-1876) from a critical phase in the invention of the telephone. The site primarily consists of about 100 quality images of diagrams from Bell's notebook. There are also data entries and brief notes (transcribed by the editor) available. Most of the experiments listed deal with electricity, magnetism and related metallurgic tests. Various circuits and electrical switches are explored in different configurations. |
| Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone | This University of Virginia site uses flow charts to show Alexander Graham Bell's invention process for the telephone in the 1860s and 70s. The flow charts show which breakthroughs occurred when, and which innovations led to subsequent technological advances. Beyond showing Bell's invention process diagrammatically (and showing earlier Bell creations which helped him develop the telephone) the site contains a long essay on the historic invention of the telephone, with notes and references to offline works. |
| Alexander Graham Bell: The Man | |
| Ambulances in Hawaii |
