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Zur Erinnerung an die Königin Christine von Schweden
wurde in Jönköping (Südschweden) eine Büste der Tochter Gustav Adolfs eingeweiht. Geboren 1626, gestorben 1689, war Christine 1632-1654 Königin von Schweden. - König Gustav V. von Schweden bei der Einweihung der Skulptur.
Zierdeckchen
Links: Rundes Häkeldeckchen mit Stoffeinsatz. - Oben: Ovales Deckchen in Deloshäkelei. - Unten und rechts: Tüll- und Rundhäkelei.
Worked out math problem
Three pages of a solved math problem. Worked out by either Nelson or one of his students.
Wintry Landscape
Snowy landscape featuring two buildings and rolling hills. Painting. Framed.
Wiedemann's Galvanometer
The galvanometer is a current measuring device. Gustav H. Wiedemann's version of the galvanometer was developed in 1874. The coils on either side of the suspended needle could be moved back and forth to change the sensitivity, and a series of coils,…
Wendy's Garden
Poster featuring images of Wendy Richards garden.
Weimar im Zeichen des Deutschen Buches
Reichsminister Dr. Goebbels und seine Gemahlin während der Besichtigugn im Erweiterungsbau des Goethe-Nationalmuseums in Weimar.
Ward Briggs 67' Collection of James Dickey Exhibit Overview
Photograph of the Ward Briggs 67' Collection of James Dickey Exhibit, installed October 2015 in Leyburn Library.
Waltham 8 day Ship's Deck Chronometer/Clock
This gimbaled, eight-day marine chronometer is a deck clock made by Waltham in Waltham, Massachusetts, made around 1910. The mount is to keep the clock face horizontal even if the box (and ship) roll in various ways. A glass plate covered the…
Wall Galvanometer
This was the culmination of over a century of development of current-measuring instruments which relied on the interaction of currents with static magnetic fields. These instruments were mounted on a solid wall to prevent vibration, and a telescope…
Während der Ankunft des Führers auf dem Königsplatz
Die Träger des Blutonlens, die alten Kämpfer und alle Standarten der NSDAP haben auf Königsplatz Aufstellung genommen. Im Vordergrund die Särge der Gefallenen des 9. November 1923.
Voss Machine
In this machine a fixed plate of glass has two metallic foil sectors glued onto it. The slightly-larger rotating plate has six foil dots with raised studs glued to it; the foil sectors are large enough so that two of the studs are opposite each…
Vor dem Einsatz an der Front
Abessinische Soldaten beim Zusammensetzen eines leichten Geschützes
Vor dem Abmarsch
prüft der Führer der Jugendschar noch einmal nach, ob alles in Ordnung ist, so vor allem, ob die "Affen" (Tornister) richtig gepackt sind.
Von den "Deutschen Tanzfestspielen 1935"
die vom 3. bis 10. November in Berlin stattfanden. - Isle Meudtner von der Staatsoper Berlin in "Drei Tänze des Werbens."
Voltmeter
When this device is connected between two points in a circuit, it measures the relative voltage between the points by passing current through a coil of many turns of fine wire which, in turn, causes the needle to deflect.
Voigtlander Vag Camera
Manufactured about 1920 by Voigtländer & Sohn AG of Braunschweig, Germany. A folding plate camera using a 6x9cm film back. It has a Voigtländer Anastigmat Voigtar 105mm f/6.3 lens set in a IBSOR DDR shutter made by AGC and having the AGC…
Vacuum Pump
A vacuum pump is a device that removes gas from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. The first vacuum pump was invented in 1650 by Otto von Guericke. This 19th century pump is made of brass.
Trustee's Papers regarding Nelson
A portion of the Washington and Lee Trustees Papers, specifically regarding Nelson, in the minutes from October 3, 1910. Nelson was eulogized in the Trustee meeting following his recent death. Describing Nelson as gifted, talented, an asset to the…
To the People of Rockbridge County
This newspaper article announces an upcoming meeting of the people of Rockbridge County to discuss the possibility of dissolution of the federal government.
Timmermans spricht in Deutschland
Anlässlich der "Woche des Deutschen Buches" las auf einem von der Fichte-Gesellschaft in Berlin veranstalten Dichterabend der bekannte flämische Dichter und Maler Felix Timmermans aus seinen Werken vor.
Theolodite
An optical instrument used to measure angles in surveying, meteorology, and navigation. The earliest theodolite consisted of a small mounted telescope that rotated horizontally and vertically. Washington and Lee taught surveying in the mid-19th…
The Ruhmkorff Coil, or Induction Coil
This late 19th century instrument is often called a Ruhmkorff coil, after the Parisan apparatus manufacturer Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803-1877). Although he did not invent the induction coil, his name is often associated with it (particularly in…
The Effects of the Proclamation--Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines At New Bern, North Carolina
Engraving of former slaves leaving their homes for New Bern, North Carolina escorted by Union soldiers after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Thacher's Calculating Device
This early relative of the slide rule has a cylinder 4 in. in diameter and 18 in. long that rotates and slides in and out between the array of twenty equally-spaced parallel bars. The bars have a scale with numbers spaced logarithmically, as on a…
Telegraph
The telegraph was invented by the artist and scientist Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), who conceived the idea of the printing telegraph during an ocean voyage to Europe in 1832. The actuation of an electromagnet in the receiver would cause a…
Tangent Galvanometer
The tangent galvanometer is a current measuring device. It was first described in an 1837 paper by Claude-Servais-Mathias Pouillet (1790-1868), who later employed this sensitive form of galvanometer to verify Ohm's law. To use the galvanometer, it is…