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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Works on academic libraries in special fields, such as law school libraries, are entered under headings for special libraries, e.g. Law libraries; Business libraries; etc.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering curricula

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0434
Scope and Contents

This collection contains course notes prepared by instructing staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Many of the notes were privately printed for the use of students. The majority of materials date prior to 1935 and offer information about the development of teaching and laboratory instruction in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Department circulars offer information about courses and descriptions of laboratory facilities.

Dates: 1872 - 1978

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics curricula

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0074
Scope and Contents The early years of physics education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT) is documented in the "Plan of the Physical Laboratory" and "Report of the Physical Laboratory," by Edward C. Pickering, the first professor of physics at MIT.There are sets of notes taken by students in physics classes between 1903 and 1917. They are organized primarily by course. The professor teaching the course is usually identified on the first page of the notes.The collection...
Dates: 1869 - 1971