The aim of this article is to suggest that some scientific instruments may be considered worthy of their own biographies and that such a genre may have its own merits and charms. The instrument chosen to exemplify this point is a Hartnack microscope objective lens of about 1860 which served, in turn, the histologist and anatomist Albert von Kölliker, the comparative anatomist Robert Wiedersheim...

In 1995, Ross & Newman proposed Galkinia as a replacement name for Utinomia Galkin, 1986 (Cirripedia: Pyrgomatidae), which was pre-occupied. However, this author discovered Galkinia was itself pre-occupied by a genus of fossil fish, Galkinia Ghekker, 1948 (Actinopterygii: Pholidophoriformes). Galkinius is herein proposed as a replacement name for Galkinia Ross & Newman, 1995, to preserve the re...

Title of Presentation Name of Student Author, Co-Investigator, Co-Investigator Name of mentor, rank of mentor, department of mentor Student presenter names are in bold. Non-presenting co-investigators are not in bold All investigators are assumed to be from UMBC unless otherwise noted. Mentor information is shown below author information, in roman type. If the mentor is not from UMBC, an instit...

The authors would like to draw your attention the fact that name of second author was incorrectly listed as Maripaz Guerrero-Molina in their published article. corrected name, Maria Paz Guerrero-Molina, is given above. apologise for this error.

Józef Wyrobek (1850-1924). A contribution to the biography based on editing his letters Kazimierz Bartoszewicz (1850-1924) is regarded be first historian of Dębica, a former Galician town, where he was secondary school teacher for 20 years. So far no has been created. His two (1852-1930), well-known author, bookseller and publisher, preserved in State Archive, have become pretext having look at...

THIS book is in two parts: a biography of Malcolm (134 pages) and a facsimile reproduction of his History of the Belfast General Hospital and the Principal Medical Institutions of the Town, first published in 1851 (by S. & G. Agnew) but long out of print and now rare. Both are wvelcome; their publication in one well-produced and comparatively inexpensive volume is particularly appropriate. Thos...

Abstract The preliminary findings of cyclic tests conducted on a series half-scale unstrengthened and strengthened masonry walls are presented. Reinforced were by (i) non-prestressed near surface mounted (NSM) glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars (ii) prestressed NSM GFRP. Walls symmetrically vertical passing through both mortar bricks. structure was subjected to concurrent sustained unif...