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Some Early Microscopes from the Optical Institute in Wetzlar
Carl Kellner founded what was named the Optical Institute in Wetzlar Germany in 1849. By 1851 he employed twelve workmen and was producing his first microscopes.
http://www.antique-microscopes.com/kellner/kellner1.html
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Commentary on the Effects of Electricity on Muscular Motion
Facsimile of Galvani's original and an English translation.
http://www.bo.infn.it/galvani/de-vir-eng.html
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Australian Science Archives Project - ASAPWeb
Aims to improve access to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage by helping to preserve records and artifacts and communicating the existence of this heritage to a wide audience. Includes scientist biographies.
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/
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Office of NIH History
Foster documentation, preservation, and interpretation of the history of the National Institutes of Health. Features online exhibits, education, and historical resources.
http://history.nih.gov/
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Britain and the Rise of Science
Lisa Jardine investigates the origins of the commitment to science as the firm basis for Britain's success in commerce and industry. From the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/jardineih_01.shtml
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National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists
Catalogue of archives of the papers of contemporary British scientists. Search alphabetically, chronologically or by discipline. Also, has list of Nobel prize winners.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ncuacs/
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The Cosmic Elk
Articles, and books on science, history and the history of science, including the history of astronomy, Tudor history and the history of Siberia.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/heather.hobden1/
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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI)
Publishes the journal Social Science History, which reports its interdisciplinary research findings. Includes related association links.
http://www.umass.edu/sadri/ssh-journal/
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19th Century Scientific American
Though very different from today's Scientific American Magazine, the articles of the 19th Century Scientific American is a nice read for students of this period.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/index.html
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Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995
An exhibit of rare scientific works from the Cudahy Collection of Jesuitica.
http://libraries.luc.edu/about/jesuits/
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