| 1 | Creator: | Fraser, Thomas E. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas E. Fraser journal, 1880-1887
| | | | Dates: | 1880-1887 | | | | Abstract: | This journal documents the construction of the Lick Observatory building on Mt. Hamilton. It is a continuous record from 16 June 1880 to 30 October 1887. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.13 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomical instruments. | Astronomical observatories -- California. | Astronomy -- History. | Burnham, S. W., (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921 | Floyd, Richard S. | Fraser, Thomas E. | Journals. | Lick Observatory. | Lick, James, 1796-1876 | Microfilm Collection | Plum, Charles M. | Technology -- History. | Telescopes | |
| 2 | Creator: | Anonymous | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Traité de physique et de chymie, ca. 1800
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1800 | | | | Abstract: | This treatise includes experiments on eletricity (with mentions of B. Franklin), ballooning (mentions of J. P. Blanchard), pharmacology, chemistr, and hydraulics. Included is a sketch of Woulfe's bottle for passing gases through liquids (Peter Woulfe, 1767). | | | | Call #: | Mss.537.G18 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anonymous | Balloons. | Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809 | Chemistry -- Experiments. | Education | Educational Material | Electricity -- Early works to 1850. | Foreign Language | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Gariel. | Gases. | Hydraulics. | Lejourdan, Alfred | Manuscript Essays | Notebooks | Pharmacology. | Science -- History. | Science and Technology | Scientific Data | Technology -- History. | Woulfe, Peter, -- ca. 1727-1803. | |
| 3 | Creator: | Penang Sugar Estates Company. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Penang Sugar Estates Company letters and papers, 1876-1900
| | | | Dates: | 1876-1900 | | | | Abstract: | These volumes reflect the activities of sugar estates located in Penang, part of the Settlement of Penang, off the northwest coast of Malaya. Many of the papers are documents and letters passing between the owner of these estates and the plantation overseers. The materials document the business administration of the plantations, including machinery, crop experimentation, and labor problems. Frequent references are made to the West Indian Estates in Demerara, British Guiana, with comparisons to the East and West Indies sugar industries. | | | | Call #: | Mss.664.1.P19 | | | | Extent: | 5.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- Malaysia -- Experimentation. | Agriculture -- West Indies. | Asia, Southeastern -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. | Demerara -- Industries -- 19th century. | Industries -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- 19th century. | Industries -- Malaysia -- Pinang -- 19th century. | Malaya -- Malaysia -- Pinang -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. | Morison, A. G. | Penang Sugar Estates Company. | Plantations -- Malaysia. | Plantations -- West Indies. | Straits Sugar Company. | Sugar -- Manufacture and refining -- Malaysia. | Sugar machinery. | Technology -- History. | West Indian Estates. | West Indies, British -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. | |
| 5 | Creator: | Baruch, Bernard Mannes, (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Speech before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946
| | | | Dates: | 1946 | | | | Abstract: | This is an edited draft of Baruch's speech, which he dedicates on the first page to Herbert Swope, his speech writer, whom he notes is responsible for much of it. It is his exhortation to the Commission, and to the world, for the necessity of controlling atomic energy, and the steps to such control. Signatures of American delegates at the end are by: John M. Hancock, Richard C. Tolman, Leslie R. Groves, Tom Farrell, F. Eberstadt, Fred Searls, Jr., and Baruch. There is also the signature of Herbert Vere Evatt, the Australian delegate. | | | | Call #: | Mss.501.B275 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Item(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Baruch, Bernard Mannes, (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 | Buck, Pearl S., (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 | Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 1890-1969 | Evatt, Herbert Vere, 1894-1965 | Farrell, Thomas Francis, 1891-1967 | Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970 | Hancock, John M., (John Milton), 1883-1956 | Nuclear arms control - Addresses, essays, lectures | Nuclear energy - Addresses, essays, lectures | Nuclear nonproliferation - Addresses, essays, lectures | Nuclear weapons - Addresses, essays, lectures | Searls, Fred, 1888-1968 | Speeches. | Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958 | Technology - History | Tolman, Richard Chace, 1881-1948 | United Nations. Atomic Energy Commission. | |
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