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8" shell.
Photograph number 374. This photograph shows an eight inch shell. The title for this image was found in Major Edwin D. Burwell Jr.'s list of photographs. -
A "Think Clean" training program.
This paper outlines steps involved in preparing and presenting an instruction course on clean rooms. The training area, personnel, equipment, and program outline will be described. A summary of the results obtained over the first year of operation will be presented. -
A Business Center
Front: A Business Center, Huntsville, AL -
A classic picture: an ONERA model being tested in a wind tunnel with the airflows indicated by colored streams. (Concorde)
ONERA is a French aerospace research center, and this is a demonstration of the aerodynamics of Concorde via an ONERA model. In order to break the sound barrier, the fuselage was created to be needle-like, and the long wings were incredibly thin, making Concorde exceptionally aerodynamic. -
A Fall Scene on the Road to Monte Sano
Back: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, "Outer Space Capital, USA"
A Fall scene along the road to the top of Monte Sano. The State Park is well-known for the fine horses and horseback riding trails. -
A Good Cotton Day
Front: County Court House. A good cotton day, Huntsville, Ala. -
A Historical Survey of the TARCOG Region Intern Report by Hendricks, John S., 1973
This section contains a "Historical Survey of the TARCOG Region" booklet. The report seems to cover historic locations, events and buildings throughout the southeastern United States. -
A Large Retail Trading Center
Back: STREET SCENE, Huntsville, Alabama, a cultural center of the Old South. Huntsville is a large retail trading center, the focal point of an industrial segment of 8 million persons in a 200 mile radius. -
A man welds in the dark as two other look on at the Carolina maneuver area.
Edwin D. Burwell, Jr. was stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga. in mid-1944 and joined the 1147th Combat Engineers for training in the Carolina maneuver area. -
A NEW COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR AMERICA Discover space for economic growth
Marketing campaign poster for NASA. Features an image of a space shuttle in front of Earth. -
A picture of a diagram of an early decorative Wardian Case.
A picture of a diagram of an early decorative Wardian Case designed featured in Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's published book on the subject. The decorative case would not be used for long range plant transportation, but instead as a self-contained decoration, -
A picture of the unpublished manuscript “On a new and practical form of voltaic battery of the highest powers, in which potassium forms the positive element” (first page)
This manuscript was created by John Goodman in 1846-7. The paper goes over the creation of potassium in a unique battery arrangement consisting of sulfuric acid, platinum, crude oil, potassium, and copper wire. The author finds that the battery is able to produce current but is unable to get rid of the batteries instability. -
A picture of the unpublished manuscript “On a new and practical form of voltaic battery of the highest powers, in which potassium forms the positive element” (last page)
This manuscript was created by John Goodman in 1846-7. The paper goes over the creation of potassium in a unique battery arrangement consisting of sulfuric acid, platinum, crude oil, potassium, and copper wire. The author finds that the battery is able to produce current but is unable to get rid of the batteries instability. -
A picture of the unpublished manuscript, "On the gas voltaic battery. Voltaic action of phosphorus, sulphur, and hydrocarbons" (first page)
This resource was created by William Robert Grove in 1845. The paper goes over the various experiments of variations of the gas battery that grove made in 1842. The paper finds that non-conducting metals can be used to create electricity. -
A picture of the unpublished manuscript, "On the gas voltaic battery. Voltaic action of phosphorus, sulphur, and hydrocarbons" (last page)
This resource was created by William Robert Grove in 1845. The paper goes over the various experiments of variations of the gas battery that grove made in 1842. The paper finds that non-conducting metals can be used to create electricity. -
A Resource Unit: Americanism vs. Communism, 1962 [Not digitized.]
Not digitized. On shelf in Archives. -
A Saturn rocket stage is loaded onto a barge on the Tennessee River.
The stage is being transported to the Mississippi Test Facility. -
A Saturn rocket stage is loaded onto a barge on the Tennessee River.
The stage is being transported to the Mississippi Test Facility. -
A Saturn rocket stage is loaded onto a barge on the Tennessee River.
The stage is being transported to the Mississippi Test Facility. -
A Saturn rocket stage is loaded onto a barge on the Tennessee River.
The stage is being transported to the Mississippi Test Facility. -
A Saturn rocket stage is loaded onto a barge on the Tennessee River.
The stage is being transported to the Mississippi Test Facility. -
A View of the Invisible Universe....
Double-sided informational poster detailing the invisible universe. The poster features both text and images related to the topic. -
A Wardian case being loaded with plants.
A Wardian case filled with plants by a horticulturist. The case is open on one side to allow for loading. The side of the case is labeled to indicate a return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.