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- catalog abstract "This collection documents the activities of Jacob Bigelow as Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts at Harvard from 1816 to 1827. The correspondence, reports, and plan of lectures in this collection provide an overview of Bigelow's establishment and administration of the Rumford Apparatus, a collection of scientific instruments and working models designed to promote the practical sciences and demonstrate the usefulness of science to daily life; refer to the rules and regulations of the Rumford professorship; contain various statistics about Bigelow's classes; and mention routine administrative matters. A manuscript draft written by Bigelow on the stem climbing plant Corydalis Fungosa is also included in the collection.".
- catalog alternative "Formerly described as: Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records: Rumford Professorship and Lectureship on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts".
- catalog alternative "Harvard Corporation. Professorships Papers.".
- catalog contributor b2470173.
- catalog date "1816".
- catalog description "Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879. Records of Jacob Bigelow, Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts, 1816-1827. UAI 15.1031, Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "Detailed inventory available on paper in the Harvard University Archives or electronically: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua41011".
- catalog description "Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879), a botanist and physician in Boston, Massachusetts, served as lecturer at the Harvard Medical School from 1815 to 1818; Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts from 1816 to 1827; Professor of Materia Medica from 1815 to 1855; and as a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers from 1846 to 1854. As the Rumford Professor at Harvard, Bigelow's objective was to apply scientific principles to improve daily life and the human condition. He helped solidify the teaching of applied sciences at Harvard and coined the term "technology" to describe the use of scientific ideas in the useful arts.".
- catalog description "This collection documents the activities of Jacob Bigelow as Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts at Harvard from 1816 to 1827. The correspondence, reports, and plan of lectures in this collection provide an overview of Bigelow's establishment and administration of the Rumford Apparatus, a collection of scientific instruments and working models designed to promote the practical sciences and demonstrate the usefulness of science to daily life; refer to the rules and regulations of the Rumford professorship; contain various statistics about Bigelow's classes; and mention routine administrative matters. A manuscript draft written by Bigelow on the stem climbing plant Corydalis Fungosa is also included in the collection.".
- catalog extent ".22 cubic feet (1 legal half-document box)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. University records. hua".
- catalog issued "1816".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
- catalog subject "Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879.".
- catalog subject "Botany.".
- catalog subject "Corydalis Identification.".
- catalog subject "Davis, John, 1761-1847.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Rumford Professorship and Lectureship on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts.".
- catalog subject "Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840.".
- catalog subject "Lowell, John, 1769-1840.".
- catalog subject "Physics Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.".
- catalog subject "Science Instrumentation.".
- catalog subject "Science Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Science Study and teaching (Higher) Massachusetts Cambridge 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Scientific apparatus and instruments.".
- catalog subject "Technology.".
- catalog title "Formerly described as: Records of the Harvard Corporation. Professorship records: Rumford Professorship and Lectureship on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts".
- catalog title "Records of Jacob Bigelow, Rumford Professor and Lecturer on the Application of Science to the Useful Arts, 1816-1827.".
- catalog type "Correspondence. aat".
- catalog type "Progress reports. aat".
- catalog type "collection".