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Astronomy notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 372
Abstract
The astronomy notebook, circa 1880s, contains definitions of astronomical and other scientific terminology, mathematical equations, longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates, drawings, figures, triangulations, word problems, and other notes, presumably produced in an astronomy class at Augustana College. Nothing is known about its provenance.
Dates:
circa 1880s
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on Rudolph W. Edmund
Collection
Identifier: MSS 157
Abstract
Rudolph W. Edmund graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor's Degree in Geology in 1934. After working for a year, Edmund continued his education at the University of Iowa where he pursued and then attained a Master's Degree (1938) and then a Ph. D. (1940). For the remainder of his career, he alternated between working in the private sector as a petroleum geologist and teaching in the geology department at Augustana College, where he was instrumental in helping design new facilities...
Dates:
1933-1998 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections