Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges;
When connected to a power source, a bright electric spark would flash between the two ends of the two outer posts. The middle glass post is made of photo gray glass (yellow tinted glass), which would have glowed. This instrument is visible in early...
Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.); Students
Two young men looking easterly along north side of old adobe wall toward padres to jesuit residence. Men numbered 1 and 2 (L to R): 1) John O'Gara, 2) Walter DeMartini
Classes (Groups of students); Photographs; Santa Clara College (Calif.);
two additional copies of same photograph in Commercial Dept. folder under titles, ""contributors to book keeping"" and ""book keeping class."" People numbered in addtl. Photos and identified on black paper...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Ground breaking ceremonies; Students;
Timothy P. Connolly, '30, SCU Student body president, with William C. Gianera, S.J., Dean of Faculty, and Henry C. Miller, superintendent of construction, at groundbreaking for Nobili Hall. Nobili hall was completed in 1930.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jails; Santa Clara (Calif.); Adobe buildings
This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Electric discharges; X-ray tubes;
This instrument appears to be an early type of vacuum discharge tube or x-ray tube. The glass tube contains metal electrodes that have been sealed and from which the air has been removed by a vacuum system.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
This instrument allowed water to be heated to a temperature higher than boiling point at atmospheric pressure, resulting in considerably high pressure inside. Papin designed a model of a digester in 1680 that allowed a piston inside a cylinder to...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Adobe buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.);
This image is the earliest known image of Mission Santa Clara, circa 1854. The mission cross stands in the front of the church; to the left is the east wing of the mission quadrangle. The bell tower has been encased in wood to prevent erosion of...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara
This image is one of the earliest images of Mission Santa Clara, after 1855. The adobe wall extends from the Baptistry to the arch of old gate to Major Domo Ignacio Alviso's headquarters. The building at right, known as California Hotel, was a...
