Science & Technology (47) from Eclectibles

Cincinnati, OH: E. G. Wright & Co., 1872 (patent). An 11 3/8" x 6 1/4" broadside promotion for the Lightning Calculator. It describes the functionality as so simple a child could understand it. It provides invaluable secrets of bookkeeping and arithmetic for every merchant among other things. Concludes with testimonials from the New York Evening Post, Scientific… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: Paine & Webster, [1860]. Stephen Paine was a manufacture and dealer of scientific items, but more specifically, optical Goods. Opening in 1860, with his partner Mr. Webster, his shop on Westminster St, in Providence, RI, sold spectacles, eyeglasses, opera glasses, and optical glasses, optical goods, and fine jewelry. This particular single-fold trade catalogue for the store lists… Read more about this item

Missoula, MN, c1920-1923. Marjorie Elizabeth Bullock was born on January 7, 1902 in Shell Lake, WI to William Loring Bullock (1873-1941) and Nellie Earnestine Nelson (1873-1940). The family moved to Montana shortly thereafter and her father,William, eventually become the County Attorney. Marjorie attended the University of Montana from 1920 to 1923 where she was a member and Vice President… Read more about this item

Washington, DC, c1905-1908. Robert Simpson Woodward was born on July 21, 1849 in Rochester, MI to Lysander Woodward (1817 - 1880) and Peninah Axford Simpson (1825 - 1894). Robert first attended Rochester Academy, graduating in 1868. He went to the University of Michigan to study engineering and graduated in 1872. He worked as a geographer for the US geological… Read more about this item