Railway or American Morse was the first offically accepted Morse Code used in North America. In Canadian Railway Telegraph History, Railway or American Morse is clearly identified. However, in another chapter, reference is made in several places throughout the book, that many other forms of 'Morse' Code did develop.
J.Paul Getty Museum
The mission of the J. Paul Getty Museum is to delight, inspire, and educate a diverse public through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of art of the highest quality.
The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web
The mission of the San Diego Aerospace Museum, a non-profit institution, is to provide for the public an educational, scientific and cultural institution devoted to the history of aviation and space flight. This is accomplished through the aircraft and spacecraft collections and the chronology of achievements of the men and women who made significant contributions in aviation and aerospace, with particular emphasis on San Diego's long and rich aerospace history.
The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, is Florida's state museum of natural history, dedicated to understanding and preserving biological diversity and cultural heritage.
On January 1, 1934, The Franklin Institute Science Museum opened to the public. The Museum's hands-on approach to science and technology, combined with the Fels Planetarium, made the Institute a popular spot. As the end of the twentieth century drew near, major changes were beginning at the Institute. In May of 1990, The Mandell Center, Tuttleman Omniverse Theater (now known as the Tuttleman IMAX Theater), and Musser Theater opened, adding dramatically to the size and appeal of The Franklin Institute. The new exhibits, exciting Omnimax films, and interactive presentations continued the Institute's long tradition of making science and technology fun.
Today, more than one hundred and seventy five years after the Institute's founding, The Franklin Institute Science Museum continues to offer new and exciting access to science and technology in ways that would both amaze and delight Mister Benjamin Franklin.
The Franklin Institute hosts one of the nation's largest museums of science and technology. The more notable pages in this site include essays about and images of scientific instruments, modules for teachers, and archival articles about science from the Philadelphia Enquirer. Online Exhibits include "The Heart: An Online Exhibition," "Flights of Inspiration," "Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man," and a number of exhibits devoted to meteorology, the environment and space. An interactive project: "Pieces of History" can be used by both teachers and students of the history of technology.
The Paleontological Research Institution, or "PRI", is a natural history museum with a mission incluing both research and education.
In research, PRI's claim-to-fame is one of the largest research collections of fossils in North America, publication of one of the longest running technical journals in paleontology in the Western Hemisphere, and a large interdisciplinary library.
In seinem Programm vom 24. Juni 1987 verpflichtete sich das Deutsche Historische Museum der "Aufklärung und Verständigung über die gemeinsame Geschichte von Deutschen und Europäern".
Bevor diese Idee umgesetzt werden konnte, gab es heftige und kontroverse Debatten in der deutschen Presse. Sinn, Aufgaben und Realisierungschancen eines von der Bundesregierung in Berlin ins Leben gerufenen Nationalmuseums zur Geschichte Deutschlands bezweifelten die Skeptiker.
Die Gründungsurkunde für ein Deutsches Historisches Museum konnte am 28. Oktober 1987, anläßlich der 750-Jahr-Feier der Stadt Berlin, von Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl und dem Regierenden Bürgermeister der Stadt Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, im Gebäude des Reichstags unterzeichnet werden.
The Deutsches Museum is one of the biggest museums of technology and science in the world. It is not a state museum but an independent public institution. Under the terms of its constitution it has the right of self administration and functions under the protection and supervision of the Bavarian state government.
Besides its main building on the Munich "museum island" the Deutsches Museum also has two branch museums:
The Deutsches Museum Bonn and the
Flugwerft Schleißheim some kilometers northwest of Munich
Scientific Papers
Durham University Observatory Manuscripts
Astronomical and meteorological records (mainly collected at Durham Observatory, founded 1839)
Thomas Wright Manuscripts
Thomas Wright (1711-1786) of Byers Green, Co Durham, astronomer, architect and antiquary
Thomas Wrightiana
Items related to Thomas Wright (1711-1786) of Byers Green, Co Durham, astronomer, architect and antiquary
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