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Tuesday, 10th August 2010

New Resource: A Visual History of Science, from the Pages of Scientific American (Slide Show)

by Mary Karmelek and Jamie Feigenbaum

From the Scientific American Web Site:

This month, we turn 165 years old! To celebrate, we document the march of progress as seen through the magazine, from 1845 to today.

20 slides (sketches/engravings/etchings and photographs).

Three Favorites:

+ The Science of the Horse's Motion, 1878

Eadweard Muybridge's sequence of still images taken on an automatic "electro-photographic" apparatus succeeded in capturing the motions of a horse.

+ The Great Ferris Wheel, 1893

The "wonderful 'merry-go-round'" designed by engineer George W. G. Ferris, Jr., debuted at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago. The Ferris wheel was the largest attraction, standing 264 feet tall, and was intended to rival the Eiffel Tower, which had been the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition.

+ Women Flyers, 1929

Famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart stands with actress and noted flight enthusiast Gladys McConnell. The photograph is part of a Scientific American feature on passenger air transport.

Source: Scientific American
Hat Tip: Info Center, Stanford U. Libraries

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