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General Physics Photographs (National Taiwan University)Type Collection Collection Identifier c0035 Alternative Title Photographs of the General Physics Laboratory Description Having passed through a long history—from inheriting the hand-made or antiquated laboratory apparatuses in the age of Taihoku Imperial University and receiving an abundance of equipment during the period of U.S. aid after Taiwan’s retrocession, to designing, retrofitting and producing apparatuses for educational purposes on its own—the development of the Physics Department of National Taiwan University (“NTU”) has assumed a representative role in the entire trajectory of Taiwan’s general physics experiments in education, and it thus takes on vital historical importance.The Digital Archive Project of the NTU General Physics Laboratory primarily contains the concrete apparatuses and resources used in general physics experiments in the Physics Department of National Taiwan University. The project aims to preserve and restore Taiwan’s general physics devices and experiment contents from earlier times, allowing antiquated apparatuses to run once again, and giving today’s physics students a glimpse of the experiments conducted by their predecessors, who had begun from zero, and of the invaluable shared notes and manuscripts written in the original language. These manuscripts encompass students’ class notes, experiment reports, and so forth.The photographs display students participating in experiments in class and exhibit the appearance of or partial features of a variety of apparatuses. Size In-class experiments: 222 pictures; laboratory apparatuses: 300 pictures (digital/metadata) Language Chinese;English Item Type Text; still image Item Format image/jpeg Rights Accrual Method Donation; Item Creation Accrual Periodicity Irregular Accrual Policy Active Custodial History The photographs of the General Physics Laboratory contain two major topics: laboratory apparatuses and student-conducted experiments. Among them, the antiquated apparatuses maintained by the Physics Department of National Taiwan University include: (1) apparatuses produced in the Japanese colonial era by such companies as Tokyo Denkiseiki Co. Ltd. and Yokogawa Electric Corporation; (2) equipment purchased from the American apparatus company, Cenco, in the U.S. aid period; (3) sophisticated meters purchased from domestic or overseas companies in the post-war era; and (4) ingenious devices made by the technicians in the Physics Department ever since the Department’s nascent stage. By employing diverse photography techniques, the minute details of the apparatuses are allowed to be highlighted, with each apparatus exhibiting its distinctive features. As for the pictures showing student-conducted experiments, most of these were contributed by a retired technician, Mr. Sheng-yi Jian, and display physics experiments in the 1970s. Audience Researchers; the general public Subject Photographs; mechanics; acoustics; thermology; electric circuits; electromagnetism; optics; modern physics; laboratory apparatuses Spatial Coverage Taiwan Temporal Coverage The ROC Era Dates Collection Accumulated 2008/ Dates Items Created 1978/ Collector Department of Physics, National Taiwan University Owner Department of Physics, National Taiwan University Is Located At Department of Physics, National Taiwan University Is Accessed Via link: http://gphyslab.phys.ntu.edu.tw/dap/?lang=en-us
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