In the third episode of Paper Cuts, Dr. Jamie Cumby and Jason W. Dean talk about the first collection that the Linda Hall Library acquired in 1946, helping to make them the preeminent science library they are today: the library of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
A Linda Hall Library Paper Cut
They discuss eight volumes from the Linda Hall Library collection:
- Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity. London: David Henry, 1769.
- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1794.
- Joseph Engramelle, Papillons d’Europe. Paris: P. M. Delaguette, 1779-1792.
- Володимир Йосипович Векслер, Vtorichnai︠a︡ ėmissii︠a︡ atomnykh chastit︠s︡ pri bombardirovke metallov polozhitelʹnymi ionami malykh i srednikh ėnergiĭ. Tashkent: Fan, 1970.
- Spolia Zeylanica, Vol. XXI (1939).
- Archivos de la Sociedad de Biología de Montevideo, Vol. VIII (1938).
- The Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 76 (1941).
- Труды Физического института, Trudy Fizicheskogo instituta / Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR, Fizicheskiĭ institut im. P.N. Lebedeva, Vol. III (1946).
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