Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
""The hydraulic press depends on Pascal's principle: The pressure throughout a closed system is constant. At one end of the system is a small area piston driven by a lever to increase the mechanical advantage. The small-diameter tubing...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
""This unique piece of apparatus uses Lissajous figures to show that the ratio of the frequency ratios in a diatonic scale are ratios of small numbers. On the side is an air-driven vibrating reed with a small mirror attached to its free...
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Authors; College of Notre Dame (Calif.)
"Light in the Valley" is a book about the history of the College of Notre Dame from its beginnings in San Jose in 1851 until its move to Belmont in San Mateo County in 1923. In the photo, left to right, unidentified man, Edward Hart of...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Students; Swimming pools;
"Porter T. Kerckhoff, president of Associated Students, takes first dive into new pool. Rev. Z. J. Maher, S.J., president of the University, has just blessed the new tank." - SCU Scrapbook, 1922-26
Brochures; Drawings; Fruit; Leaflets; Prunes; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
"The California Prune" brochure issued by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce in 1940. The brochure is composed of four pages, which contain the beginnings of the prune industry as well as facts about Santa Clara County.
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Galvanometer
A galvanometer is an instrument used to measure the presence, direction, and strength of small electric currents in a conductor. A magnetic needle is deflected by the presence of an electric current in a nearby conductor. The needle turns at right...
