Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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from pieces of the historic vessel. Another section of this museum contains the Henry P. Kendall Whaling Collection ill wliich are included all ty])es of har])t)ons, the jawhone of a w hale, old ])rints of whaling .scenes, and models of all sorts. The Henry Hastings Collection, in which nineteenth century American shijjping is treated in ])ictnres and models, boasts an interesting group of autograph signatures of the ])rom- inent merchants of the world between 18()(i-8(). The new Dard Hunter Pajjcr useum, in the next build- [Caiit timed an next page) Top: fiilli (IS t III I ' drtinit as its liihoniloni ' s . . Right: nil (iiijKirtiitiil! to srr tlinr iihjccts first hiiinl . . I5ei() v:, till- rnrictji iif material. . . II

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FOREWORD ( ontinued) cently aci|iiirt ' (l. Coiiijjlcte collections in tlic fields of acronau- tics, architecture, the various types of enj iueering, economics, the social sciences, industrial administration, and simply recreational readings may Ix- found in l)ranch lil)raries which are convenient to those who frec(uent them. Immortal works of Archimedes, Ptolemy, Newton, Pasteur, (lilhert, Vitrvi- vius. and many others, collected in ])art through the efforts of The Friends of The Library, comprise a rare hook section of which the Institute is justly proud. To fiu ' ther jjrovide means of studying the background of the courses it presents, and at the same time to uncover interesting aspects of the subjects, the Institute has al- located space to museums, display cases, and .scale models. In the Nautical Museum, for instance, one may find repro- ductions of all types of vessels as they existed in their time in all parts of the world. In one show-case we find a model of the H.M.S. Bounty which we recognize immediately as the schooner about which the famous ' Mutiny on the Bounty was written. Nearby is a model of the Icelandic trading ship used by Lief Erickson when he landed at North America in 1()(), ' 5 A.D. Then there are full-rigged English galleons, Jap- anese sam])ans, and examples of all the types of warshijis that participated in conflicts involving the United States. A placard under Old Ironsides tells the interesting tale, Oniv model known to be in existence constructed entirelv Top left: .« ) (( nide. ' i are ghinx-enrased (lisplai : . . . ]VIid lle left : , , .conditions ind in i-iril engineering prariire Lower left: . reseureh . .in the ( nest for more knon-ledge . Below, the fnst it nte Ikis allocated space to . . scale models. . . 10

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FOREWORD liaued) iii ' , liouses a most unic|U( ' collection of jiapcr and ])aper- niaking ' ccinipnicnt (latin r l)ack more than eighteen huntlrcd years. A huge paper press, which was built in 1790 and used until recently, stands at the door. Across the room is a queer little vat, also used in paper-nuiking, on which are in.scril)ed Chinese characters testifying that paper was invented by T ' sai Lun in A.D. 105. There are samples of handmade paper, some made of fir, some of bamboo, models of paper mills, old prints, and an historic set of water-mark bank- notes which were submitted to the Director of the Bank of Kngland in 181!) by Sir ' illianl Congreve and which were the fore-runners of the present Engli.sh bank notes. Mr. Ilimter, the collector, and author of several books on paper- nuiking, presents in his museum a new and enlightening ])icture of an important industry. Fidly as imjjortant as its nniseums, its laboratories, and its brilliant instructing staff and ])robably more spectacular, are Technology ' s developments in scientific research. Med- ical and biological studies have been the objects of much work in the electrical engineering de])artnu ' nt. The new cyclotron, an atomic merry-go-round, which whirls atomic particles at a speed equivalent to a kick of 8,000,- 000 volts, is intended for the pre])aration anil use of radio- active elements for the treatment of disease. A neighbor of Left:. .cJectrostaiic ginni .for the treatment of cancer and tnalii naiit dlseaxen. . . ...Dr. liii.sli ' s (lijfcrcniiiil analyzer .a .v i ij n I Ji ca n I rantnliiition . . . V2