The museum houses an extensive collection of scientifically important zoological material designated as being of outstanding national and international significance by Re:source (formerly the MGC).
As part of the Department of Zoology we are also home to a thriving research community.
My criteria for selecting documents to annotate are admittedly fluid. I give emphasis to studies which emerged as important to later planning, but also include those that help to illustrate the wide range of moon and Mars options. Romance to Reality is meant to be a primer for building the future, not merely a catalog of unrealized dreams. - David S. F. Portree
Mars and moon exploration and settlement plans from 1950 to the present are annotated in detail on this site. More than 330 documents are divided into 14 subject categories. Categories include Apollo projects, advanced propulsion, cyclers, stations, and Lagrange points, surface suits, vehicles, and activities, surveys of mission scenarios, risk reduction and human factors, high-profile reports, and many others. Author David S. F. Portree is an independent science writer and historian.
Fifty years ago, in 1947, it was common knowledge that there was a "Wall of Air" at the speed of sound. As an airplane neared this critical point, shock waves would buffet its wings and tail. The pilot would lose control, a condition then called "compressibility." Often, the airplane would shatter into pieces
OHIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CONTRIBUTIONS BY COUNTY
1. ADAMS
Natural Scientific Features/Events:
• Notable natural areas in Adams County are found in the following locations [27,53-56,187]:
Bratton Twp.: Woodland Altars
Franklin Twp: Brush Creek Forest & Strait Creek Prairie Bluff
Green Twp.: Cave Hollow & Laurel Strath
Jefferson Twp.: Blue Cedar Bog, Buzzardroost Rock, Cedar Falls, Lynx, Red Rock, Sparrowood, & The Wilderness
Meets Twp.: Davis Memorial Forest
What began as Henry W. Grout’s curiosity about the world has grown to become recognized as the region’s cornerstone of history, culture and sciences. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, this resource has grown to four unique properties, the Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, and the Snowden House. Explore the future of the district with the Sullivans Veterans Project.
In the 1820s, Rochester's mortality rate was high; nearly three out of every 100 people died of disease each year, and almost half the deaths were children under three years old. The patient’s family met early community healthcare needs; treatment was in the home, and if the family was too poor the city physician was called to attend the sick.
In 1822 a concerned group of women, the Rochester Female Charitable Society, began visiting the poor and sick.
This detailed site provides a history of Rochester City Hospital and Rochester General Hospital between 1847 and 1997. The eighteen essays that make up the history of these hospitals contain images, photos and links to primary documents. The site also includes a chronology and biographies of 26 leading figures in the history of medicine in Rochester. Of most use to scholars will be information about accessing the physical archives of the collection and a bibliography around which this web site was created. Navigation for the site is clean and easy to use and so researchers should find their way quickly to pages they may find useful.
The Armillary Sphere
A drawing of a demonstrational armillary sphere, from Libros del saber de astronomia del rey D. Alfonso X De Castilla.
Large image (188K).
Very large image (1.6M).
Armillary spheres can be divided into two main categories: the observational armillary, as used by Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe; and the demonstrational instrument. Both types consist of a number of rings (Latin: armillae) which are arranged so as to model the circles of the celestial sphere. Typically, armillary spheres used for observation were larger and possessed fewer rings than those which served as demonstrational instruments; this made them more accurate and easier to use. Often the rings of demonstrational armillaries, like those of the observational spheres, were divided, and some incorporated sights which could be used to orient the instrument appropriately.
The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic. Like a coat of two colors, the Museum serves dual functions. On the one hand the Museum provides the academic community with a specialized repository of relics and artifacts from the Lower Jurassic, with an emphasis on those that demonstrate unusual or curious technological qualities. On the other hand the Museum serves the general public by providing the visitor a hands-on experience of "life in the Jurassic"....
Few figures have had so decisive and fundamental an influence on the course of modern cultural history as Sigmund Freud. Yet few figures also have inspired such sustained controversy and intense debate. Freud's legacy continues to be hotly contested, as demonstrated by the controversy attracted by this exhibition even before its opening. Our notions of identity, memory, childhood, sexuality, and, most generally, of meaning have been shaped in relation to--and often in opposition to--Freud's work. The exhibition examines Freud's life and his key ideas and their effect upon the twentieth century.
Bedlam: Custody Care and Cure 1247-1997 at the Museum of London until 15 March 1998. This exhibition tells the fascinating 750-year-old story of Bethlem Royal Hospital, popularly known as 'Bedlam'.
Bethlem is the world's oldest institution caring for people with mental disorders. It has been a part of London since 1247 and many people, rich and poor, have played a part in its history
