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MUSÆUM.ORG ARCHIVES 1-25	. (25) Beautiful Examples of Roman Glass Including: a decorative glass hexagon, a blue glass cup from Pompeii, a cylindrical pyxides, and a small decorative blue glass pane. At the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence. Links to large images. . (24) An Explanation of Airport Codes From ABE to ZRH. . (23) The Computer History Museum: Artifacts A chronological arrangement of all manner of computational devices, including abacii, punched card, mechanical computers, valve computers, and electronic computers. . (22) The Computer History Museum: Internet History An illustrated history of the Internet, 1962-1992. . (21) Charles Babbage An account of the life and work of Charles Babbage, and his difference and analytical engines. . (20) Japanese Starlore and Astronomical History Including: lunar and solar New Year festivals, the star lore of Orion and other constellations, star festivals, shrines to meteorites, 17th century observations of a comet, and celestial alignments in the urban fabric of early Kyoto. By Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara. . (19) Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus, 1631-2004 Transits of Venus occur every 130 years or so when Venus can be observed passing across the face of the sun. This is an online exhibition by Smithsonian Institution Libraries that tells the story of how the transit has been observed since the 17th century. . (18) Re-animating the 1882 Transit of Venus 147 glass negatives taken by the astronomer David Peck Todd of the 1882 transit of Venus, compiled into a short animation. . (17) A Visit to Old Los Angeles A pictorial survey of downtown Los Angeles, and certain other areas, focusing on the years 1900 to 1915, that follows, primarily by means of actual postcards of the era, the travels of a farming family from the great plains as they visit Los Angeles and its environs in the early years of the Twentieth Century. . (16) Bodies In Formation Dsicipline, Strength, Beauty, Youth: an exhibition of photographs and ephemera documenting Soviet-era mass gymnastics displays in eastern Europe. . (15) Bridges of New York Photographs by Dave Frieder. . (14) A Concordance of Don Martin Onomatopeia Argle glargle glorgle gluk borft blubble breet breet tood tood! . (13) Night Windows: Urban Japan By Night Including: railways and shinkansen, office buildings, airports, harbours, bridges, expressways, trams, cats, and Tokyo DisneyLand. . (12) Mappers Delight: The London Underground Diagrams A collection of links related to official and unofficial maps and histories of the London Underground. . (11) Firecracker labels A large collection of scans of antique and modern firecracker labels. . (10) The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Automata An online exhibition of automata and musical toys, with audio and video clips. From the Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey. . (9) A Mysterious Paper Dragon This little dragon appears to be looking at you. But if you rotate the base this way or that the dragon's head appears to turn the other way... And yet it is simply a sheet of paper, cut and folded in a certain way. How does it work? . (8) Measuring the Speed of Light With Marshmallows and a Microwave Oven A simple scientific experiment to carry out at home. . (7) Magnetoids Unusual chirping ovoid magnets. . (6) Neodynium Super Magnets Tiny, aesthetically pleasing rare-earth magnets for holding thick paper and card to fridges, filing cabinets, and so on. . (5) A Device For the Observation of Radioactive Decay With the Naked Eye Watch atoms splitting in the comfort of your own home with a handheld nuclear spinthariscope from unitednuclear.com. . (4) Fantascopes and Phantasmagoria Projected images of death before the invention of film. [via Thomas Weynant's Early Visual Media pages] . (3) Stereoscopic Diableries Stereoscopic images of death and hell from the 19th century. [via Thomas Weynant's Early Visual Media pages] . (2) Photographs of Japanese Life During the American Occupation 1945-1950 By anthropologist John Bennett, with selections from Bennett's journal and letters with his first impressions of Japan. Portfolios include views of Tokyo, children in the park, and women of the night. Links to large images. . (1) First Encounters Between Americans and Japanese in 1853 as Recorded by Artists and Photographers On Both Sides In 1853 four ships under Commodore Perry anchored off the coast of Japan against the wishes of the Japanese. According to historian John Dower, "This initial encounter between the United States and Japan was eye-opening for all concerned, involving a dramatic confrontation between peoples of different racial, cultural, and historical backgrounds. We can literally see this encounter of "East" and "West" unfold through the splendid, yet little known, artwork produced by each side at the time." This beautiful exhibition includes examples of this artwork and juxtaposes scenes of the encounter from Japanese and American artists' points of view. (Part of MIT's open courseware initiative.)
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