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The practice of contraception : an international symposium and survey
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PTGAP International Symposium, (1963)
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The Albert D. Wheelon papers primarily focus on his career at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Hughes Aircraft Company, and his research on electromagnetic scintillation. The first series primarily comprises of correspondence from his time at school through his retirement years. There are also photographs and printed ephemera related to his marriages and travels. In relation to his career at HAC, there are booklets, newsletters, notes, and photographs related to artificial satellites. The post career files consist of correspondence, notes, and reference material related to a wide variety of topics concerning national security and advancements in space. The bulk of his research related to propagation of electromagnetic waves consists of notes and reprints. Please click on the link in this record to view the full version of the scope and content.
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Mei-Wah Girls Drum Corps practices the "V" formation
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Image of the Mei-Wah drummers formed in a "V" formation on a field. Drum majorette Barbara Jean Wong in the center of the "V". Practice for the parades during the Moon Festival.
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Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing Proceedings
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This collection consists of material created by and related to The Planetary Society since its beginning in 1980 and up to 2016. It contains Board of Directors correspondence, memorandums, and meeting minutes; material related to public relations, events, fundraising and membership; copies of The Planetary Report (not a complete set); NASA photo files; material related to the Solar Sail and the Mars Rover program; NASA and space exploration in general; Apollo reports; the Hubble Telescope; and US and Russian cooperation in space (including Planetary Society staff's trips to Russia). The collection also contains photographs and negatives; video cassette tapes and film; clippings; T-shirts, posters, badges, stickers, memorabilia; artwork; and miscellaneous material. There is material both about and by: Carl Sagan (including his 265-page curriculum vitae), Bruce Murray, Louis Friedman, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Buzz Aldrin. There is artwork by space artists Ron Miller, Michael W. Carroll and Mark Paternostro among others.
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Transportation of Japanese Americans to Manzanar Internment Camp, Venice, California
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Image of Japanese Americans from Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu reporting to the northwest corner of Venice Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard in Venice in Los Angeles, California, in April 1942, for transportation to the Manzanar Internment Camp. The individuals stand with luggage and their belongings next to a truck marked "Santa Fe." This intersection is where a former Civil Control Station was located.
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The record of the International Exhibition, 1862
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"A reissue for wider circulation of the substantial volume on the International Exhibition of 1862, which had been edited by Robert Mallet and originally issued under the auspices of the Practical Mechanics' Journal. In the reissue the volume comes with a new title leaf, omits the original contents leaf (naming Mallet as editor and listing the contributors), and also omits a few plates and the "synoptical index" at the end of the volume, but it is recognisably the same publication, and it, rather than the earlier issue, is customarily cited in surveys of the published literature on the exhibits and exhibition building."--Abebooks website.
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Electric railways : a comprehensive treatise on modern electric railway practice, including practical details of equipment, power house design, maintenance of way, and management
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Written expressly for the engineering courses of the American school, this volume covers the practical details in the design of rolling stock, the types of motors to be used, the methods of control and operation, and the maintenance of the equipment. An adequate treatment of power plant design and equipment, and of line and track construction complete the discussion of the essential features of an electrical railway. This is followed by a brief discussion of the electrion of steam roads, including such well-known systems as the New Haven and Hartford, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, and the Grand Trunk--Adapted from introduction, page [10].
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