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Retrodigitalisierung des Polytechnischen Journals

Ein DFG-Projekt am Institut für Kulturwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Das »Polytechnische Journal« wurde 1820 von dem Augsburger Fabrikanten und Chemiker Johann Gottfried Dingler begründet. Mit einer Laufzeit von 111 Jahren ist diese Zeitschrift ein beispielloses, europaweites Archiv der Technik-, Wissens- und Kulturgeschichte.

Link: http://www.polytechnischesjournal.de

Instruments for Science, 1800 - 1914

Scientific trade literature is a unique and uniquely valuable category of historical evidence. But it has not always been so highly regarded. Being commercial documents, catalogs have traditionally had a hard time fitting into library or archive collections. Even the companies that printed these catalogs expected their usefulness to end as soon as the next edition was printed. That's why so many of them were printed on the cheapest paper available. In many ways it's not surprising that so few of them have survived - or that when they have survived, their existence has gone unnoticed. [For information on the origins of the Smithsonian's trade literature collections, see Jim Roan's essay.

Link: http://www.sil.si.edu

Gracey's Guide to British Industrial History

Grace's Guide is the leading source of information about industry and manufacturing in Britain from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the present time.

Link: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk