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  1. quatic microscope made by John Cuff of London, around 1750. National Museum of American History, cat. MG*M-09898.

    Link Love: 5/15/2015

    • Date: May 15, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    The Smithsonian’s First Radiometers

    • Date: April 25, 2019
    • Description: When curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History looked at seven radiometers in storage, they learned the instruments had been at the Smithsonian for nearly one hundred fifty years.

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    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

    • Date: October 19, 2010
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnJo88kuP8&feature=related[/embed] You may have noticed a few changes on the blog lately (and then again, maybe you haven't). Either way, we wanted to update you on some new additions to THE BIGGER PICTURE. The big change that we've made is to our blog categories—some of our old categories remain, but we’ve also added new ones.

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  7. See Mrs. D. D. Gaillard or Katherine Ross Davis Gaillard in the bottom right corner of this page.

    Hidden in Plain Sight: Reading Between the Lines with the Smithsonian Transcription Center Volunteers

    • Date: February 24, 2015
    • Description: As Smithsonian Transcription Center volunteers unlock the stories from the Archives’ collections, we find ways to share the work of women in science hidden in the digitized pages.

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    Link Love: 6/26/2015

    • Date: June 26, 2015
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    Link Love: 8/5/2011

    • Date: August 5, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: The Freer Sackler Gallery’s efforts to make their large collection of squeezes (paper molds that capture the inscriptions of ancient monuments) into an easy-to-use Web resource received a nice write-up on The Atlantic’s Tech blog [originally posted on the Smithsonian Collections Blog]. David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, talks about “balancing access and

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  13. A screenshot of the new Cooper-Hewitt blog, Cooper-Hewitt Labs.

    Link Love: 1/27/2012

    • Date: January 27, 2012
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    Uta C. Merzbach: Smithsonian's First Curator of Mathematical Instruments

    • Date: March 22, 2018
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Uta C. Merzbach was the Smithsonian's first curator of mathematical instruments. She brought her field to life with unique presentations of mathematical concepts and computer history.

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    Smithsonian's Photo Summit

    • Date: October 12, 2009
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Installation View of Smithsonian Photography Exhibition Art Section, by Thomas Smillie, c.

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    The Smithsonian's 165th Anniversary

    • Date: August 10, 2011
    • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
    • Description: Exactly 165 years ago today, legislation establishing the Smithsonian Institution was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President James K. Polk. From today’s perspective, it seems like a “no-brainer” to accept a generous bequest from a little-known Englishman named James Smithson and create an institution in his name. But from the perspective of that era, the

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    Women's History Month on the Flickr Commons: A Final Batch

    • Date: March 23, 2011
    • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
    • Description: We've just added a final batch of photographs to our "Science Service" set on the Flickr Commons in honor of Women's History Month, and there are some interesting new ladies there. You might assume that since the images are from Science Service, they would only feature scientists. However, Science Service, a news service designed to popularize science and to disseminate

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  23. Link Love: 3/1/2013

    • Date: March 1, 2013
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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