History of Science and Technology

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Comprised of material from the 18th century to the present day, these collections preserve and tell the story of scientific and technological advances throughout time.

Botany

A compleat herbal of the late James Newton, M.D, 1752

Elements of botany, or, Outlines of the natural history of vegetables, 1836

Seaweed herbarium, 1852

Chemistry

Experiments and observations on different kinds of air: and other branches of natural philosophy, 1790

Elements of chemical philosophy,1812

Elements of chemistry: in which the recent discoveries in the science are included and its doctrines familiarly explained, 1832

Electricity

The history and present state of electricity: with original experiments, 1767

Experiments and observations on electricity: made at Philadelphia in America, 1774

Experimental researches in electricity: in two volumes, 1849

Physics and Astronomy

Lucretius, 1515

An history of the earth, and animated nature, 1779

The telescope, a familiar sketch, 1870

The observational approach to cosmology, 1937

Aeronautics

["We": the famous flier's own story of his life and his transatlantic flight, 1927]

Ferdinand von Zeppelin und sein Werk, 1928

Project satellite, 1958

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Automata studies, 1956

Cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and ecology, 1972

Archival Collections

Tandy/Radio Shack Collection, 1924-2000

Horst Family Computer Collection, 1977-1985

Superconducting Super Collider Proposals Collection, 1989-1997

Gerard Roland Vela Múzquiz Papers 1962-1997] - Materials and papers associated with Gerard Roland Vela Muzquiz's 35 year career at the University of North Texas. Roland Vela was one of the first Mexican-American Microbiologists in the country.

Digital Collections and Exhibits

Digital Collection: Wesley Pettinger Model Engine Collection

Digital Collection: Intercom Newsletter

Digital Collection: Brunsviga Mechanical Calculator (artifact)