Founded in 1848 to represent all disciplines of science, AAAS supports scientific exchange and discussion of science and society issues. The AAAS Archives document the Association’s past activities. This website provides a historical overview and a searchable database of information on people, meetings, official documents, and publications.
This website touches on a few research interests: -- Ham Radio -- Playing cards as an educational resource -- Computer history -- Gambling in East Chicago, Indiana (its history) -- The technology and history of sports books, race books, bookie joints, and handicapping -- Stereoscopic photography and 3D art -- Vaudeville history in Ohio -- Family genealogy -- and other odd topics.
First published over the course of more than twenty years (1751-1777), the 32 volumes of the Encyclopédie include 21 volumes of text with more than 70,000 articles on subjects ranging from asparagus to zodiac. The remaining 11 volumes contain beautifully engraved plates illustrating many of the articles. The Encyclopédie was the major achievement of the French Enlightenment whose aim, in Diderot's words, was to "change the common way of thinking" through the expansion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought.
The Encyclopédie was a collaborative project, the work of a "society of men of letters," as its title page declared. By the time the last volume was published, more than 140 people had contributed articles to its pages. In the same spirit, this website is a collaborative effort of volunteer translators who share an interest in the Enlightenment and a belief in the value of making freely available to English readers articles from the Encyclopédie. The articles you will find here reflect the interests and expertise of the translators. Although we cannot hope to translate all 70,000 articles, we will continue to post new translations as they come in. This is an ongoing project to which we hope many more people will contribute.
For students and teachers, the Encyclopédie is a crucial resource as well as an important gateway into the project of Enlightenment. The Collaborative Translation Website allows you to browse articles that have been translated and to search the database of translations in a variety of ways. You will also find links to the original French versions of translated articles. Other enhancements are planned.
This guide describes the scientific and technological manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, or Virginia Tech. The department contains approximately 4500 cubic feet of manuscript material (the personal papers of individuals and families, and the records of businesses and organizations) spanning the years from the fifteenth century to the present, with the greatest concentration of material in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Rare Book School (RBS) Rare Book School (RBS) is an independent non-profit educational institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects. Founded in 1983, it moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992. National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" aired a story on RBS in August, 2003.
The ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies.
Tour the Museum's Radio Shop of the 1920's/30's. See displays of radio parts and a variety of radios focusing on that era. Try on the headphones and listen to the working crystal set. Battery radios, horn speakers, a wind-powered generator for charging batteries are on display.
This well-trafficked site is most useful for its images of antique radios, some of which are accessible for those with vision impairments. For better or worse, the site has the feel of a cluttered antique store. The site does not include much text or explanation of the images beyond manufacturer and date manufactured.
El equipo que trabaja en el proyecto MUSEO HISPANO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA está en proceso de seleccionar documentación científica e imágenes de aquellos instrumentos, aparatos y maquinaria de gran relevancia que se encuentran en las más prestigiosas instituciones de caracter museológico y científico. Al mismo tiempo se trabaja en el diseño de la ingeniería de telecomunicación que permita el acceso a miles de objetos, así como de otra información interactiva.
This site contains interesting articles about Home Hints. The following is an excerpt from "The Household Cyclopedia of General Information", published in 1881. It is a handbook of the practical and domestic arts performed in households across America at that time.
