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19th Century Scientific American Online

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/index.html

Author:

Electronic Historical Publications

Excerpt:

This month's inventor may look like a 19th century pirate. But you cannot judge this book by its cover. His invention was first, but Congress decided his invention was too important to be monopolized by a single man. One of our previous inventors, patented his invention a year after this month's inventor and his marketing skills beat out our mystery man

Annotation:

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.

Last Mysteries of the Titanic

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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URL:

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/titanic/titanic.html

Author:

Discovery Channel

Excerpt:

Last Mysteries of the Titanic

Annotation:

Site contains an interactive blueprint navigator, video footage of exploration of the wreck, a virtual dive which children might enjoy, a diary of the expedition, and a jigsaw puzzle and quiz. No research material or historical abstracts.

Time 100: The Most Important People of the 20th Century

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.time.com/time/time100/

Author:

Time Magazine

Excerpt:

One century, 100 remarkable people. TIME has profiled those individuals who - for better or worse - most influenced the last 100 years. They are considered in five fields of endeavor, culminating with Person of the Century: Albert Einstein.

Annotation:

Time proposes the following to be the most important figures in science and thinking during the twentieth century: Leo Baekeland; Tim Berners-Lee; Rachel Carson; Francis Crick; James Watson; Albert Einstein; Philo Farnsworth; Enrico Fermi; Alexander Fleming; Sigmund Freud; Robert Goddard; Kurt Gödel; Edwin Hubble; John Maynard Keynes; Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey; Jean Piaget; Jonas Salk; William Shockley; Alan Turing; Ludwig Wittgenstein; and Wilbur and Orville Wright. They additionally identify twenty individuals as the twentieth century's most important Leaders and Revolutionaries; Artists and Entertainers; Builders and Titans; and Heroes and Icons. Each entry contains a biography and assessment of the individual's accomplishments, as well as links to related stories from Time's archives.

Lone Star Flight Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.lsfm.org/

Author:

Lone Star Flight Museum

Excerpt:

The mission of the Lone Star Flight Museum is to inform and educate the public of their aviation heritage and history by: acquiring, restoring to flying condition and preserving a collection of aircraft representing the evolution of aircraft design and operational capabilities; acquiring, preserving and displaying artifacts and memorabilia depicting the development of aviation; providing a facility for the proper display and preservation of the collection and a suitable setting for aviation memorials; establishing a membership to support the aviation heritage collection in the highest museum standards-

Annotation:

The Lone Star Flight Museum site is a basically a publicity page for the museum that gives directions, contact information and upcoming events. The most useful and interesting section for those who do not plan to visit the museum in person is the museum's Living History Group. This section contains a few records of World War II concerning veteran Henry Erwin and a link to email for other vets and family to offer their experiences. As other primary accounts are entered on the site, the usefulness of the site will improve.

RMS Titanic, Inc. Online

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://www.titanic-online.com/

Author:

RMS Titanic, Inc.

Annotation:

collection of photographs and brief historical synopsis provided by the official guardians of the Titanic wreck.

Built in America: Historic Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record: 1933-Present

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

URL:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html

Author:

Library of Congress

Excerpt:

The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Annotation:

The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collection includes digital images of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for 10,000 historic structures and sites dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. These collections display building types and engineering technologies from a farmhouse to a pickle factory, from churches to the Golden Gate Bridge. New material is added monthly. A gallery of images includes 36 photographs and 18 drawings of 50 structures, one from each state in the U.S. The site is searchable by geographic location, keyword, and a subject index that is organized by structure type. For each structure, the site provides from one to ten drawings, from one to 30 photographs, and from one to 50 pages of HABS text in facsimile detailing the structure’s history, significance, and current physical condition. Useful for a specialized audience, for architectural historians, or for those looking for illustrations and examples.

Titanic: A Special Exhibit from Britannica Online

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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URL:

http://search.eb.com/titanic/

Author:

Encyclopedia Britannica

Excerpt:

The British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, en route to New York City from Southampton, Eng., during its maiden voyage. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1,500 lives at a point about 400 miles (640 km) south of Newfoundland.

Annotation:

An online exhibit includes photographs, clippings, and artifacts. Biographies of crew members and passengers join essays on topics such as Atlantic crossings, icebergs, and buoyancy. A listing of Titanic links and brief bibliography are also provided.

4000 Years of Women in Science

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Author:

Deborah Crocker and Sethanne Howard

Excerpt:

Actually, how long have people been active in science? The answer is the same for both women and men -- as long as we have been human. One of the defining marks of humanity is our ability to affect and predict our environment. Science - the creation of structure for our world - technology - the use of structure in our world - and mathematics - the common language of structure - all have been part of our human progress, through every step of our path to the present. Women and men together have researched and solved each emerging need.

Annotation:

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.

USS Constitution Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/

Excerpt:

The USS Constitution Museum brings to life the stories of the individuals who authorized, built, served on and preserved USS Constitution. Through hands-on exhibits, displays of historic artifacts, computer simulated re-enactments, and public programming, the Museum strives to make a personal connection to our American past and the heritage of USS Constitution. The Museum is located adjacent to USS Constitution, in Building 22, Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston.

Annotation:

This site relates a lot of information about the Boston museum itself. However, it also contains a FAQ which contains information of potential interest to researchers including a bibliography, chronology, specifications, and an engagement history.

New York Skyscrapers: One Hundred Years of High-Rises

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.

URL:

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC/nyc.html

Author:

E.T. Dankwa

Excerpt:

This is a study of New York City's most striking architectural entities,
its high-rise buildings -- or "skyscrapers" -- which have given the
city much of its nature and prestige and have in fact largely
formed the impression of this city in people's minds.

Annotation:

Expansive site with numerous histories, images and links of or about New York City's skyscrapers past and present. Information about the buildings is organized by architectural style, era, and geography. Facts concerning architects, press clippings and an extensive bibliography are also included. Information is searchable and indexed, and a forum for discussion is featured as well.