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Amet, Edward H. (Edward Hill), 1860-1948
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Benz, Carl, 1844-1929
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DeForest, Lee, 1873-1961
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Lawrence, Ernest O., 1901-1958
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Newcomen, Thomas, 1663-1729
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Ronalds, Francis, Sir, 1788-1873
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Root, R.
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1857
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Benz, Bertha
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Benz, Carl, 1884-1929
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Cyclotron
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Hammersmith, England
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Industrial Revolution
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Newcomen, Thomas, 1663-1729
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Waukegan, Illinois
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Model of Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine
To Rail Road Companies
Telegraph Line
Invention of Lee Deforest
Cyclotron
Benz Velo Automobile
Amet Magniscope
Model of Newcomen's Atmospheric Steam Engine
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Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
This is a model of Newcomen’s Atmospheric Steam Engine. Newcomen’s steam engine consisted of a metal boiler with a cylinder mounted above. Inside the cylinder is a piston, sealed as closely as possible to the wall with a leather flap. The piston is attached to one end of a large wooden beam. The other end of the beam is attached to the water pump.
To Rail Road Companies
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1857 |
Clarendon Van Norman Jr. Collection of Ephemera (Digitized Content)
A leaflet entitled "To Rail Road Companies" created by R. Root informing railroad lines of the "rotary fan blower" to clear the railroad tracks. R. Root circulated this leaflet in Galesburg, Illinois and it is dated December 16, 1857.
Telegraph Line
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Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
A twelve-inch length of wire with two sections of glass tubing used as insulation. The glass tubes are sealed at the joints with wax.
Invention of Lee Deforest
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Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Cyclotron
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A cyclotron, developed by Ernest Lawrence. A cyclotron is an accelerator of subatomic particles. Lawrence won the Nobel Prize in 1939. During World War II Lawrence and others of his machines took part in the Manhattan Project, which produced the first atomic bombs.
Benz Velo Automobile
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Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
The Benz Velo is a motorized two-passenger buggy. Its engine is situated in a box behind the seats. The auto has four wheels with spokes, the back two are 35.5 and the front two are twenty-three inches. The car is painted burgundy with gold trim.
Amet Magniscope
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Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Thirty-five millimeter film projector made of tin, galvanized metal and brass. It has two film reels and sits on a wood base.
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