Kitty Hawk
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANEWAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1908, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT THIS TABLET WAS...
- kitty hawk
- wright brothers
- airplane
- flight
Hutchison School
Mary Grimes Hutchison (1872-1962), a pioneer in rigorous education for girls in Memphis, opened her school in the Wesley Halliburton home in 1902. By 1925, Hutchison School had become a...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Laid by the M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. of Washington
Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat
Trim MATTHEW FLINDERS INTREPID CAT Who Circumnavigated Australia With His Master 1801 - 1803 And Thereafter Shared His Exile On The Island Of Mauritius Where He Met His Untimely Death ...
Centennial Celebration
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S "GREAT WHITE FLEET" TO SEATTLE IN MAY OF 1908, FROM HERE THE FLEET CONTINUED ON THEIR FAMOUS ROUND THE WORLD...
- 1908
- round the world
- roosevelt
Bejamin Banneker
BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731-1806) THE SELF-EDUCATED NEGRO MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER WAS BORN. LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND DIED NEAR HERE. HE ASSISTED IN SURVEYING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1791,...
- astronomer
- african-american
- 1791
- jefferson
- self-educated
The First Cyclotrons
IN THIS ROOMIN 1930 - 1934 EARNEST O. LAWRENCE WITH M. STANLEY LIVINGSTON, DAVID H. SLOAN, AND OTHER COLLABORATORSDEVELOPED THE FIRST CYCLOTRONS AND HEAVY-ION ACCELERATORS THE OBSERVED THE FIRST...
- berkeley
- cal
- lawrence
- livingston
- sloan
- cyclotrons
- nuclear reactions
History of the Transbay Ferry
History of the Transbay Ferry Ferry service between Oakland and San Francisco has played a vital role for over 145 years. The earliest licensed operator was Captain Thomas Gray who started his...
- oakland
- transbay
- ferry
- 1851
Fort Point, San Francisco
FORT POINT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS SAN FRANCISCO'S ONLY MAJOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR WHICH HAS REMAINED...
- fort point
- rifled cannon
- 1861
- san francisco
The Jerwood LIbrary
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