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...this college, which was seen as being in the wilderness, had the foresight to gather a collection of scientific apparati,” said Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Sara Schechner. Years in the making, the collection consists of pieces gathered and donated by David P. Wheatland ’22 and other artifacts Harvard has amassed since its 1636 inception. “David Wheatland had a profound sense in the middle of the twentieth century...[and he] built this splendid collection, which unfortunately, until now, did not have a display space,” Brandt...
Harvard’s presentation was the brainchild of Sara J. Schechner ’79, Wheatland Curator of Harvard’s Collection of Scientific Instruments. Schechner, who has been studying Harvard’s early work in the sciences since her undergraduate years, said she went back into the archives this year to learn more about Winthrop and his transit observations, and came up with the idea of using his original apparatus to view the phenomenon in our own time...
Many of the collection's instruments will be used for teaching purposes, said David S. Landes, Coolidge professor of history and professor of economics, who is teaching the class with Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments William J.H. Andrewes, who is also a preceptor in history of science...
BORN: Dec. 10, 1925, Wheatland EDUCATION: U of Texas, B.A., 1948; California State U, B.A., 1950; U of Southern California, M.A., 1950; Nathaniel Hawthorne College, L.H.D., 1967; U of Texas, Ph.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Norma; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Navy, 1943-46; Army Reserve, 1958-63 OCCUPATION: Professor; business consultant; campaign manager; POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1986 ADDRESS: 1 Plaza South, Tahlequah...
Gallery Talk. William Andrewes, David Wheatland Curator, Harvard UniversityCollection of Historical Scientific Instruments,on "The Art of Time: Clocks, Watches and otherTimepieces from Harvard Collections." Fogg ArtMuseum, 2-3 p.m. $3 for students...