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  • Alfred, the First Continental Flagship 1775-1778 
    McCusker, John J. (1973)
    <I>Alfred</I>, as one of the first ships of the Continental Navy of the United Colonies, as the flagship of the first American fleet, as the first ship to hoist the Grand Union Flag of the United Colonies, and the first ...
  • American Single Locomotives and the “Pioneer” 
    White, John H. (1973)
    In the mid-nineteenth century there was a renewed interest in the light, single-axle locomotives which were proving so very successful for passenger traffic. These engines were built in limited number by nearly every ...
  • Art Crusade: An Analysis of American Drawing Manuals, 1820-1860 
    Marzio, Peter C. (1976)
    Between 1820 and 1860 approximately 145 popular drawing manuals were published in the United States. Authored by painters, printers, and educators the drawing books were aimed at the general public. Based on the democratic ...
  • Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology 
    Davis, Audrey; Appel, Toby (1979)
    Supported by variety of instruments, bloodletting became a recommended practice in antiquity and remained an accepted treatment for millenia. Punctuated by controversies over the amount of blood to take, the time to abstract ...
  • Bridgeport's Gothic Ornament: The Harral-Wheeler House 
    Golovin, Anne Castrodale (1972)
    Imposing dwellings in the Gothic Revival style were among the most dramatic symbols of affluence in mid-nineteenth-century America. With the rise of industrialization in this period, an increasing number of men from humble ...
  • Brief History of Geomagnetism and a Catalog of the Collections of the National Museum of American History 
    Multhauf, Robert P. (1987)
    Geomagnetism (also known as terrestrial magnetism) is the scientific study of the earth from the point of view of its magnetic properties. The alignment of a natural or artificial magnet in a north-south direction is only ...
  • Catalog of Meteorological Instruments in the Museum of History and Technology 
    Knowles Middleton, W. E. (1969)
    This catalog contains a short summary of the history of each type of instrument, accompanied by descriptions of the more interesting or important specimens in the collection, introduced at appropriate places, but set apart ...
  • Constellation Question 
    Chapelle, Howard I. (1970)
    This unusual volume has an unusual history. It began as a monograph by Mr. Howard I. Chapelle—essentially the present Part 1—and as a paper by Mr. Leon D. Polland—presented before sections of the Society of Naval Architects ...
  • Consul General&#39;s Shanghai Postal Agency 1867-1907 
    Koffsky, Peter L. (1972)
    This paper is the result of eight weeks&#39; research, largely in the materials at the National Archives, with the purpose of reconstructing the historical development of the United States postal service in China, 1867-1907. ...
  • Copp Family Textiles 
    Cooper, Grace Rogers (1971)
    At the time this exhibit was proposed, the Copp collection of textiles and other family memorabilia, although unique in its scope of everyday household textiles, had received little exposure since its receipt in the late ...
  • Cutting a Fashionable Fit: Dressmakers' Drafting Systems in the United States 
    Kidwell, Claudia B. (1979)
    The first dressmakers' drafting system was created in the United States before 1838. This innovation provided a tool to draft stylish, fitted garments and appealed to women who were forced to make their own clothes. The ...
  • Documenting Science in Philatelic Literature: A New Perspective 
    Herendeen, David L. (2013)
  • Early Auditory Studies: Activities in the Psychology Laboratories of American Universities 
    Davis, Audrey B. (1975)
    The last quarter of the nineteenth century was a formative period for experimental psychology. American pioneers in the field joined their Continental colleagues in basing the “new” psychology on the methods, apparatus, ...
  • Eighteenth-Century Ceramics From Fort Michilimackinac: A Study in Historical Archeology 
    Miller,J. Jefferson, II; Stone, Lyle M. (1970)
    The primary objective of this publication is a detailed description of the Fort Michilimackinac ceramics collection (1959-1965), including comments on the manufacture, importation, use, and dating of each ceramic type ...
  • Feedback Mechanisms in the Historical Collections of the National Museum of History and Technology 
    Mayr, Otto (1971)
    Among the seemingly endless variety of machinery that might be listed under the heading <i>automatic control</i>, feedback mechanisms stand out as a distinct group because, although differing widely in outward appearance, ...
  • Georg Scheutz and the First Printing Calculator 
    Merzbach, Uta C. (1977)
    The Swedish publisher Georg Scheutz (1785-1873) was a man who combined literary, political, scientific, and technological interests. Inspired by the difference engine of Charles Babbage, he and his son, the engineer Edvard ...
  • Girard Estate Coal Lands in Pennsylvania, 1801-1884 
    Hoffman, John N. (1972)
    This monograph traces the historical development and consolidation of tracts of land on the frontier of Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth century. The tracts under discussion were a part of a land grant given to William ...
  • Hammered Dulcimer in America 
    Groce, Nancy (1983)
    The hammered dulcimer played an important role in Anglo-American folk and popular music during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. This paper gives a brief history of its development in the Middle East and Europe, ...
  • Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 
    Myers, Susan H. (1980)
    Early in the nineteenth century, Philadelphia potters, like many American craftsmen, began to feel the effects of nascent industrial and economic change that would transform small traditional handcrafts into industries. ...
  • Harpsichords and Clavichords 
    Hoover, Cynthia A. (1969)
    The harpsichord and the clavichord represent the two most important types of stringed keyboard instruments used from the 15th through the 18th centuries. By the 19th century, the piano had become the most important domestic ...

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