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History of communications and the Congruence Engine: early thoughts and possibilities

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2023
Communications is one of three strands of research under the Congruence Engine project, and will follow the other two, Textiles and Energy, in trialling the application of digital methods to better connect and understand collections held in partner ...
Jon Agar
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Architectures of Oil: Earthworks and Petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia c. 1973

open access: yesHistories of Postwar Architecture, 2022
This paper examines the development of the Saudi cities of Jubail and Yanbu in the aftermath of the 1973 OPEC embargo. Developed as a means of shifting away from pure resource extraction and towards value-added technology sectors, the Saudi government ...
B. Jack Hanly
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THE ROMANIAN COMMITTEE FOR THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. CONSTANŢA BRANCH [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists), 2020
The Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology/ RCHPST, belonging to the Romanian Academy, currently has seven branches: Argeş, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Craiova, Iaşi and Timişoara.
Alexandru Ş. BOLOGA
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Making Historical Gyroscopes Alive—2D and 3D Preservations by Sensor Fusion and Open Data Access

open access: yesSensors, 2021
The preservation of cultural heritage assets of all kind is an important task for modern civilizations. This also includes tools and instruments that have been used in the previous decades and centuries. Along with the industrial revolution 200 years ago,
Dieter Fritsch   +6 more
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A Brief History of Engineering Technology and a Case for Applied Engineering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper will present a brief history on Engineering Technology. It will then make the case why the four-year programs should be called “Applied Engineering.Cockrell School of ...
Buchanan, Walter W.
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‘Great ease and simplicity of action’: Dr Nelson’s Inhaler and the origins of modern inhalation therapy

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2017
Unveiled at the conclusion of a meeting of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1861,[1] ‘Dr Nelson’s Improved Inhaler’ was one of the most important milestones in the genesis of reliable treatment of respiratory ailments in the modern era ...
Barry Murnane   +3 more
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Paimio Sanatorium under Construction

open access: yesArts, 2018
Alvar Aalto created innovative architecture in his breakthrough work, Paimio Sanatorium, located in Southwestern Finland and designed between 1928 and 1933.
Marianna Heikinheimo
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The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A brief description of the history and technology of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) is presented. The design of the 10.4 m Leighton telescope is discussed and also the methods used for fine adjustments of the surface.
Phillips, T. G.
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Mägi on naine, mäendus on mees: etümoloogiline-feministlik vaade Entbergen’ile essees “Küsimus tehnika järele” [PDF]

open access: yesMäetagused, 2019
Unconcealment is truth in Heidegger’s Greek-inspired view – the kind of truth that underlies propositional truth (or correctness), as it concerns the entities that propositions are about, and how they come forth to us.
Ave Mets
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Ion-Exchanged Glass Waveguide Technology: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We review the history and current status of ion exchanged glass waveguide technology. The background of ion exchange in glass and key developments in the first years of research are briefly described.
Honkanen, Seppo   +2 more
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