A circa 1948 Kodak Duaflex Camera with flash
attachment made by the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY.
Though the Oesper Collections do not explicitly collect photographic equipment, a few interesting items have come our way over the years and will be described in this and the succeeding two installments of museum notes. Click here for issue no. 57.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
Six new acquisitions have been added to the Oesper collection. Click here to see what those books are in the May-June 2019 list.
For more information about Oesper and the apparatus museum, click here.
If you have any questions about this collection, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.
Check out
the new science books that have been added to the Geology-Math-Physics and Langsam Libraries.
Click here to access the May-June 2019 list.
If you have any questions about these books, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.
Commercial valence block models for use in the lecture hall based on a peg and hole locking mechanism and interchangeable cardboard labels.
Issue 56 describes an unusual type of chemical model known as a valence block that was once used to teach introductory chemistry and which also appeared in chemistry sets in the period 1940-1960.
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Sophie Zhang and Dean Xuemao Wang at Sophie’s Final Presentation
Sufang (Sophie) Zhang, the visiting librarian from South China Normal University (Guangzhou, China) completed her eighteen-month working and research period at the University of Cincinnati. For the first six months, Sophie spent her work time at the UC Press and the Digital Scholarship Center. As the faculty member at the Department of Information Management and Information Systems within the School of Economics and Management, she came with a goal of researching the current landscape of digital humanities centers and services in the United States. During the spring semester, she was able to visit two faculty members in information science at Kent State University and Syracuse University. She gave a final presentation on May 14th, 2019 about her whole experience. We wish Sophie a safe trip home and continuous successful collaboration with her peers in the United States.
Sophie Zhang’s final presentation
Check out the new science books that have been added to the Geology-Math-Physics and Langsam Libraries.
Click here to see the March-April 2019 list.
If you have any questions about these books, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.
Maria Deutsch (DAAP, Class of 2019), a student employee at the CEAS Library & Chemistry-Biology Library, is the recipient of a 2019 Quality Service Award from the UC Libraries. Maria is always on time for her shifts and rarely has to miss a shift. She likes to keep busy and is accurate and efficient. Library staff really appreciates her hard work and enjoys working with her.
Congratulations Maria and best wishes for the future adventure!
Maria Deutsch, library student employee
New acquisitions have been added to the Oesper book collection. Click here to see those titles in the January-February 2019 list.
For more information about Oesper and the apparatus museum, click here.
If you have any questions about this collection, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.
Check out the new science books that have been added to the Geology-Math-Physics and Langsam Libraries.
Click here to access the January-February 2019 list.
If you have any questions about these books, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.
A highly stippled photo of Landolt’s balance with two of his counterpoised reaction tubes (7) – the one on the left before reaction and the one on the right after reaction.
Issue 55 summarizes, using the resources of the Oesper Collections, the work of the Swiss-German physical chemist, Hans Landolt, on the experimental verification of the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.