Samuel P. Langley, third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, began his experiments with flight by designing models powered by rubber bands. He went on to almost beat the Wright Brothers more »
Month: March 2010
The Lovett Co., Lovett's Guide (1898), Little Silver, NJ The Libraries' trade literature collection is a resource that tells us about commerce in this country, but it is also a more »
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Le Antichità Romane, 1756, Via Appia, left side of two page spread William Shakespeare had a soothsayer utter that immortal warning to the Roman Emperor in his more »
Image via Wikipedia . . . so staff at the National Museum of American History Library searched the collections and located a book entitled 50 Years: A Foundation for the more »
Portrait of William Herschel Astronomer Sir Frederick William Herschel on March 13, 1781 discovered the planet Uranus.He also later in his career discovered infrared radiation while testing telescope filters. His more »
Journal des dames et des modes, 1914, Pl. 183: Costumes Parisiens. Petite robe de taffetas pour l'apres-midi, Illustration (plate 183) by Gerda Wegener (1885-1940) Artist Gerda Wegener is best known for more »
As part of the Smithsonian's celebration of Women's History month, many photographs are grouped on Flickr. An image from the Libraries collections by edward Curtis is on display, "Jicarilla Maiden," more »