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LibriVox recording of Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology. Read in English by realisticspeakers. Part of the scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National Museum series: United States National Museum Bulletin. In these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of its constituent museums— The Museum of Natural History and the Museum of History and Technology. These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date of each paper recorded in the table of contents of the volume. Since 1959, shorter papers relating to the collections and research of that Museum have been gathered in Bulletins titled “Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology,”. The present collection of Contributions, Papers 34-44, comprises Bulletin 240. --The 1893 Duryea automobile in the Museum of History and Technology, by Don H. Berkebile --The Borghesi astronomical clock in the Museum of History and Technology, by Silvio A. Bedini --The engineering contributions of Wendel Bollman, by Robert M. Vogel --Screw-thread cutting by the master-screw method since 1480, by Edwin A. Battison --The earliest electromagnetic instruments, by Robert A. Chipman --Fulton's "steam battery" blockship and catamaran, by Howard I. Chapelle --History of phosphorus, by Eduard Farber --Tunnel engineering, a museum treatment, by Robert M. Vogel --The "Pioneer": light passenger locomotive of 1851 in the Museum of History and Technology, by John H. White --History of the Division of Medical Sciences, by Sami Hamarneh --Development of gravity pendulums in the 19th century, by Victor F. Lenzen and Robert P. Multhauf.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Combined MP3 track duration: 12:49:08

Catalogue topics

• electricity
• engineering
• technology history
• electromagnetism
• medical science

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 00 - Introduction by FRANK A. TAYLOR Director, United States National Museum — 3:24
2. 01 - 34. The 1893 Duryea Automobile — 33:51
3. 02 - The 1893 Duryea Automobile Part 2 — 28:34
4. 03 - The 1893 Duryea Automobile Part 3 — 4:42
5. 04 - 35. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock — 20:19
6. 05 - The Borghesi Astronomical Clock Part 2 — 32:18
7. 06 - The Borghesi Astronomical Clock Part 3 — 21:04
8. 07 - The Borghesi Astronomical Clock Part 4 — 30:51
9. 08 - 36. The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman — 25:50
10. 09 - The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman Part 2 — 14:35
11. 10 - 37. Screw-Thread Cutting by the Master Screw Method Since 1480 — 27:06
12. 11 - 38. The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments Part 1 — 19:23
13. 12 - The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments Part 2 — 36:18
14. 13 - 39. Fulton’s “Steam Battery”: Blockship and Catamaran Part 1 — 23:24
15. 14 - Fulton’s “Steam Battery”: Blockship and Catamaran Part 2 — 43:25
16. 15 - Fulton’s “Steam Battery”: Blockship and Catamaran Part 3 — 28:36
17. 16 - 40. History of Phosphorus Part 1 — 20:20
18. 17 - History of Phosphorus Part 2 — 24:55
19. 18 - History of Phosphorus Part 3 — 10:22
20. 19 - 41. Tunnel Engineering—A Museum Treatment Part 1 — 12:32
21. 20 - Tunnel Engineering—A Museum Treatment Part 2 — 25:15
22. 21 - Tunnel Engineering—A Museum Treatment Part 3 — 43:04
23. 22 - 42. The “Pioneer”: Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 Part 1 — 18:26
24. 23 - The “Pioneer”: Light Passenger Locomotive Part 2 — 34:48

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