Stanford University Military Engineering Archive Documenting the First Army Ordnance Reserve Gauging Program, ca. 1930. Stanford University photo archive documenting the emergence of interwar military-industrial technical education, ordnance gauging instruction, and precision engineering research on campus during the early development of Stanford’s engineering and applied science programs. Rather than depicting.....

Chisholm, Grace. Algebraic Group Theoretical Studies on Spherical Trigonometry. 1895. Scarce. Submitted in 1895 at the University of Göttingen, this dissertation marks the first doctorate awarded to a woman in any discipline by a German university. At a time when Prussian institutions largely excluded women from formal academic candidacy, Grace.....

Collection documenting American education from the mid nineteenth century through the early twentieth century, combining institutional publications with a detailed student laboratory notebook. The materials illustrate the expansion of formal schooling, scientific instruction, and collegiate culture in the United States during a period when educational institutions increasingly standardized curricula and.....

De Morgan, Augustus. Autograph mathematical manuscript signed. [ca. mid-19th century]. One page, approx. 4.5" x 7", written in ink on laid paper. Signed "Augustus De Morgan" at lower center. Signed mathematical formula in the hand of British logician and mathematician Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), containing symbolic notation and differential expressions.....

Prominent American Mathematician of the 20th century. In 1939, Sheffer published the influential work "Some Properties of Polynomial Sets of Type Zero." The "Sheffer Sequence" is named for him. Autograph letter signed "Isador Mitchell Sheffer". 1 page. 8-1/2"x11". July 1, 1948. No place. To Dr. WIlliam N. Huff, fellow mathematician.....