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Science and Technology

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:

"Twenty-Five Years of FORTRAN" (Exhibit, 1957-1982) International Business Machines Corporation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1983-003
Scope and Content Pioneer Day was celebrated on June 9, 1982 at the National Computer Conference in honor of the 25th anniversary of the delivery of the first FORTRAN compiler. As part of the celebration IBM created and displayed this exhibit. Contains photographs of FORTRAN pioneers, facsimiles of documents, textual analysis, flow charts, memorabilia, FORTRAN manuals and other publications, and a twelve-minute videotape on the history of FORTRAN starring the members of the original FORTRAN development team:...
Dates: 1982 - 1982

Grover W. Underhill Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-014
Abstract

The collection consists of a text from radio talk titled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork," given by Grover W. Underhill in 1935.

Dates: 1935 - 1935

Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-037
Abstract

Photograph album containing 202 images from the Union Elektricitaets-Gesellschaft Company factory in Berlin, Germany, showing factory interior and exterior views, a cable car, and various company products, including meters and generators.

Dates: n.d.

Ventilating Rocking Churn Patent,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-044
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten copy of 1848 patent for a ventilating rocking butter churn.

Dates: 1848 - 1848

Vine and Ashmead Patent

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1986-014
Scope and Content

Patent certificate (No. 7552) awarded to William Vine and James H. Ashmead of Hartford, Connecticut for "machines for beating gold." Four-page document includes a description of the device and a set of engineering drawings for it. 

Dates: 1849 - 1849

Virginia Academy of Science Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-096
Abstract The Virginia Academy of Science Archives includes VAS publications dating from 1939-2004.The VAS Archives also includes manuscript and published versions of various Academy histories.The Academy Archives also includes correspondence, report, and minutes of section and of ad hoc and standing committees, annual financial statements, photographs and clippings, by-laws, and constitutions, records of special projects such as the visiting scientists program (supported by National Science...
Dates: 1920 - 2005

Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-094
Abstract

The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records include correspondence (including some correspondence antedating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and subject files.

Dates: 1931 - 1999

Virginia Nurserymen's Assocation Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-001
Abstract

This collection contains a photograph, magazine clippings, a exhibit brochure, a survey and a meeting transcript from the conventions of the Virginia Nurserymen's association.

Dates: 1961 - 1965

Virginia Veterinary Medical Association Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-032
Abstract

Records--including meeting minutes, programs, bylaws, and printed materials--of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association.

Dates: 1894 - 1983

Donald S. Wallace Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-101
Abstract

The collection contains a selection of Wallace's professional correspondence, U.S. Geological Survey Reports, Virginia state agency and local reports, and photographs from sites around the state.

Dates: 1943 - 1970