The radio was patented by Guglielmo Marconi n 1896. But the "invention" of radio has its roots in the experiments of many, including Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison and Michael Faraday, just more »
Category: Special Collections
Just under the wire, the Libraries does tribute to National Duckling Month with this wonderful image from its digital collection, Ornithologie, by François-Nicolas Martinet. François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints more »
Next month the annual conference for the American Library Association comes to Washington DC. Four of the twenty branches of the Smithsonian Libraries will be having tours: the Botany-Horticulture Library, more »
Martin R. Kalfatovic, Assistant Director, Digital Services Divsion, was invited by the recently formed Medical Heritage Library (MHL) to share some some thoughts about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). The more »
William Shakespeare, Macbeth “Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, For a charm of more »
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur , 1899-1904, Batrachia I may be hopping on the bandwagon a little late this month, but the Libraries has a plethora of more »
We Love Kindergartners! Today we celebrate the smart and energetic 5- and 6-year olds who brighten our day! April 21st is National Kindergarten Recognition Day, which was enacted by the more »