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Reminiscences of early electrical development: speech
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Early memories: [reminiscences]
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This photocopy of a typescript written by Herbert E. Lougheed a few years before his death, was for his son and daughter about his early memories in Los Angeles from the 1870s-1880s.
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On Galileo and statics: speech
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This talk was presented at the Galileo Quartercentenary Congress, Notre Dame University, April 9, 1964. It is about Galileo and statics. The typescript is signed "With the regards of R. J. Seeger."
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The Poetry of Wallace Stevens: speech
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This manuscript is a typescript of a talk given by Professor Morgan Ward at Caltech's Athenaeum, February 16, 1960. It is about the American poet Wallace Stevens. The manuscript contains several handwritten edits.
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Electric lighting : it's state and progress
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A firsthand description of the production and introduction of electric light into London, by an electrical engineer working in England. In particular, it details two 19th century lighting apparatuses: the Rapieff electric light apparatus, and the Jablochkoff system of lighting. Bird appears to have been directly involved in the electrification of South London.
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George Albert Smith autobiography
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This is a typescript made from the original owned by Mrs. Nora Jarvis of Saint George, Utah. It is an autobiography written by George Albert Smith (1817-1875) and covers the time period from his birth in 1817 to his missionary work in England in 1840. Smith writes of his childhood in New York; his first introduction to Mormonism and his subsequent conversion; his service in Zion's Camp and role as one of Joseph Smith's bodyguards; and his work in preaching the gospel, including details of his travels to Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and England, as well as descriptions of the persecutions he and his fellow Mormons experienced in their efforts.
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Notes on the history of electrical science: typescript of book
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Copy of 51-page typescript of book written by Lyle D. Feisel and two pages of correspondence between Feisel and Bern Dibner. The typescript concerns the history of electrical science and includes chapters on the work of scientists including William Gilbert, Otto von Guericke, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Augustin Coulomb, Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, Hans Christian Oersted, André-Marie Ampère, Georg Ohm, Michael Faraday, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, and James Clerk Maxwell. In a letter written by Feisel to Dibner enclosing the typescript and dated 1972, February 28, Feisel mentions earlier correspondence between the two and describes the Notes, thanking Dibner for his interest in the history of electrical science. In a letter written in response dated 1972, March 7, Dibner mentions a list of publications on the history of electricity and magnetism and invites Feisel to join the Society for the History of Technology.
mssHM 83072