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Our local metalworking group held our monthly meeting at the Linda Hall Library this past Saturday. The library staff set up an offering of Rare texts, ranging the gamut from the early 14th. century to the late 19th. century.
The library curators are currently working on an exhibition of Industrial Revolution Technology which will run in conjunction with an exhibition of Industrial Revolution art at the Spencer Art Reference Library which is located 4 blocks north on the the campus of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibition is scheduled for September of 2008.
If you are ever in the Kansas City area and wish to do research on early power plants and locomotives the Linda Hall Library is well worth a visit. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Photographing pages is allowed and they can arrange to have high resolution scans done at your expense. The U.S. Patent repository is now available online as are some of the books.
http://www.lindahall.org/
I managed to snap a couple of pictures of plates in one of the volumes of railroad engineering before the batteries died in my camera. Next visit I will make sure my camera is fully charged and would suggest a tripod for detail.
Yes, these are actual, dimensioned, design drawings published in the 1800s! The same volume contained complete drawings of several oscillating cylinder engines as well.
A detail plate of the boiler and traction wheels
All in all, it turned out to be a most enjoyable way to spend a rainy Saturday morning.
The library curators are currently working on an exhibition of Industrial Revolution Technology which will run in conjunction with an exhibition of Industrial Revolution art at the Spencer Art Reference Library which is located 4 blocks north on the the campus of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibition is scheduled for September of 2008.
If you are ever in the Kansas City area and wish to do research on early power plants and locomotives the Linda Hall Library is well worth a visit. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Photographing pages is allowed and they can arrange to have high resolution scans done at your expense. The U.S. Patent repository is now available online as are some of the books.
http://www.lindahall.org/
I managed to snap a couple of pictures of plates in one of the volumes of railroad engineering before the batteries died in my camera. Next visit I will make sure my camera is fully charged and would suggest a tripod for detail.
Yes, these are actual, dimensioned, design drawings published in the 1800s! The same volume contained complete drawings of several oscillating cylinder engines as well.
A detail plate of the boiler and traction wheels
All in all, it turned out to be a most enjoyable way to spend a rainy Saturday morning.
