Hupa basket hats; Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Yurok basket hats;
Cap from the Yurok or Hupa region. Made of grass fibers, brachen fern, and willow cane. Brown round basket, bowl shaped. These caps were worn low on the forehead while carrying a burden basket. They were used to reduce the potential chaffing caused...
Scientific apparatus and instruments; Santa Clara University (Calif.)
David Brewster, creator of Brewster's Law, patented this device in 1817. It consisted of a long, hollow tube containing two glass mirrors running along the length of the tube and separated from each other at an angle of 60 degrees. Where mirrors...
David Brewster, creator of Brewster's Law, patented this device in 1817. It consisted of a long, hollow tube containing two glass mirrors running along the length of the tube and separated from each other at an angle of 60 degrees. Where mirrors...