Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
If your gadgets are on the fritz, or you just feel like technology is taking over your life, let Fuller’s Computing Telegraph take you back to a simpler time of slide rules and mental arithmetic (and don’t worry, the irony of blogging about this isn’t lost on me):
This “computer” is one of the earliest uses […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
At a loss for a new rainy day activity? Need to work on your dating skills? Try this parlor game from the 1820s…
The set, which arrived in its original box, includes forty hand-colored cards depicting men and women. The twenty cards picturing men each contain a member of a different profession and a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Welcome to the new acquisitions blog for Modern Books & Manuscripts at the Houghton Library. Check back here to see what we’ve added to our collections!