By Topic
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- Lumber, Logging and Paper
- An illustrated history of logging and sawmills in the US provided by Ed Sanders.
- 163
- Old scientific Instruments
- Includes photos of astrolabes, , protractors, drawing tools, and book covers that were created from the 15th to 18th centuries. Includes general specifications of each item within a table chart.
- 164
- South Western Electricity Historical Society (SWEHC)
- Group is interested in electricity history and industrial archeology with particular reference to the supply, generation and distribution of electricity in the southwest area of England.
- 165
- The Astronomical Clock at Hampton Court Palace
- Written by the author of the original guide book, and including many details and fascinating facts and discoveries omitted from the guide book.
- 166
- The History of Japanese Calculators
- Describes the development of calculating machines beginning with an adaptation of the Chinese abacus called the soroban. Page includes background of developers and photos of early prototypes.
- 168
- Henry VIII Stamped Out Industrial Revolution
- Article in the Telegraph reporting that archaeologists have found evidence that Cistercian monks in Yorkshire were developing a prototype blast furnace when they were evicted by the king in 1538. (June 21, 2002)
- 169
- Bartleby.com: Sir Charles Lyell
- Includes etexts of scientific papers, "The Progress of Geology" and "Uniformity of Change".
- 170
- GSA History of Geology Division
- Web site includes organization information, as well as several papers on important geologists and their work.
- 171
- HESS: History of the Earth Sciences Society
- International society devoted to the history of earth sciences. Site has information about the organization and its journal, Earth Sciences History.
- 172
- Lord Kelvin and the Age of the Earth
- Mathematical details of Lord Kelvin's young earth calculation, from a course in applied fourier analysis. In PDF format. [PDF]
- 173
- The Great Devonian Controversy
- A review of the book by Martin Rudwick about this 19th century geological controversy.
- 174
- Before Depression
- A research project by the English departments of the Universities of Northumbria and Sunderland on what depression was before it was called depression (1660-1800). Details of public lectures, a conference, an exhibition and publications.
- 175
- ECG Library: A (Not So) Brief History of Electrocardiography
- An illustrated timeline from 1600 onwards, including electrocuting chickens (1775) and hypothermic dogs (1953).
- 176
- Every Man His Own Doctor
- An online exhibit on Popular Medicine in Early America, from Colonial times to the mid 19th Century.
- 177
- Flash-Med:Medicine history and trivia
- Medical education resource with facts and trivia about the history of medicine in a question and answer format.
- 178
- Global Project on the History of Leprosy
- The International Leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world.