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Scientific Papers
Durham University Observatory Manuscripts
Astronomical and meteorological records (mainly collected at Durham Observatory, founded 1839)
Thomas Wright Manuscripts
Thomas Wright (1711-1786) of Byers Green, Co Durham, astronomer, architect and antiquary
Thomas Wrightiana
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Thomas Newcomen was a famous engineer from Dartmouth. He built a steam engine to pump water from the Cornish tin mines. His engines were also used in the 18th century to increase the supply of drinking water.

Ever wonder what it was like to be sick on the Ohio frontier or in the farm communities and industrial centers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Who were the doctors and how did they treat your illness? What did patients expect? What did Ohio doctors contribute to the medical knowledge that has shaped modern medicine. The answers to these and other questions about an important part of Ohio history can be found in museums and archives in every corner of the state. This Web site tells you where you can find exhibits and research collections on the history of medicine. It also lists public programs on medical history. A SPECIAL FEATURE SECTION focuses on interesting aspects of Ohio medical history. A Bibliography of published sources on the history of medicine in Ohio is also included.

The aims of the British Society for the History of Mathematics are to promote research into the history of mathematics and its use at all levels of mathematics education. It does this through meetings, a newsletter and by other means. The BSHM takes in all periods and civilisations, and all aspects of mathematics, both pure and applied. Members come from a broad cross-section of those interested in mathematics, its history and education, and from many countries.

CSHL is a research and educational institution. The Laboratory has research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, and a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences.

In 1854 Florence Nightingale took 38 women to Turkey to nurse wounded and sick British soldiers in the Crimean War. This was the first time the government had allowed women to do this. Almost all modern nursing systems and techniques we know today can be traced back to her. She suffered from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) for the rest of her life. She became not only the first modern war nurse and nurse commander but its first documented psychological casualty.

William Herschel was a distinguished astronomer and scientist who lived at 19, New King Street, Bath, in the 18th century. He was also a musician and composer and at one time music director for Bath. The Herschel Museum is a delightful period house, depicting life in the 18th century, the many achievements of William and his sister Caroline, and their impact on modern science ans space exploration.

The first attempt to organize a free-standing library of medical literature in Boston was made by Doctors John Collins Warren and James Jackson in 1805, but the independence of this Boston Medical Library was short-lived. Although catalogs of its books and journals were published, the collections were absorbed by the Boston Athenaeum in 1826.

The IUHPS is one of 26 scientific unions belonging to the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). As the world's leading non-governmental organization in the field of science, ICSU promotes congresses, publications, and other initiatives designed to facilitate international exchanges and understanding. The IUHPS joined the ICSU family in 1947, and the history of science congresses that have taken place since that date have been held under the ICSU umbrella.
The IUHPS is itself composed of two divisions: the DHS and the DLMPS (Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science). Each division organizes its own international congress once every four years. The DHS's last congress took place in Mexico City in 2001; the DLMPS's in Cracow in 1999.
Financial support for the DHS comes from a direct subsidy from ICSU and from the subscriptions of the 49 national committees that adhere to the division. Its scholarly work is conducted mainly through its 13 scientific commissions, 5 inter-union commissions, and 3 independent scientific sections.
With such a structure, the quality of the DHS's work is largely determined by the vigor of its commissions and sections, and inevitably the profile of activity over the years has been variable. But aided by the exceedingly modest support that DHS has been able to give, several commissions and sections have achieved striking results, in the form of meetings, newsletters, and scholarly publications.