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Carlisle, Penna.¹
Febr. 9th 1864[5]
10 A.M.
My Dear Wife

I arrived here about an hour ago & am at Harry’s; found all well & Sister Hannah here. I will go out to Mother’s after dinner.² All the friends so far as heard from are well, & all I have seen wonder why you are not with me.

The snow is very deep, about 18 or 20 inches, & the sleighing, of course, excellent. The meetings are still in progress in the lower charge with glorious results. I shall doubtless be busy while here.

I have seen but few acquaintances yet. I shall certainly expect to hear from you at New York if not here. I shall leave for N.Y. on Monday morning [the 15th] if not sooner.

Jennie says that Harry & her wrote to us over two weeks ago. I presume you recd. the letters before this. She is very anxious to hear from you. All send much love. I will write again soon. Kiss Howard for me. May the richest of Heaven’s blessings rest upon you. Enclosed is a photograph for Mrs. & Dr. Capron.³ Please deliver it.

Good Bye,
Your affect. Husband
J. F. Culver

1. J.F.C., his leave due to expire in four weeks, was en route to rejoin his unit. When last heard from, the 129th Illinois, along with other units General Sherman had led on the “march to the sea,” was encamped near Savannah, Ga. J.F.C. planned to proceed to New York City by railroad and there board a ship for Savannah and a rendezvous with his regiment. Harry Cheston was married to J.F.C.’s sister, Jennie C. Hannah M. Culver was J.F.C.’s youngest sister.
2. Mrs. Martha Dunmire Culver, J.F.C.’s widowed mother, was currently living in the family home in Carlisle’s east ward.
3. Dr. and Mrs. Elisha Capron of Pontiac were close friends of the family. While J.F.C. had been on leave, Dr. Capron had treated him for piles, which had plagued him since June 1864. Pension File, J.F.C, NA, Application No. 960, 772, Certificate No. 766492.

Content in Iowa Research Online was downloaded 131,084 times in January, a 19% increase over January 2015. The items receiving the most use were all theses:

• Oxidation and reactivity of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde, a reactive intermediate of dopamine metabolism
• Nurse manager competencies
• Design of wind turbine tower and foundation systems: optimization approach
• Three essays on the customer satisfaction-customer loyalty association
• Chemical, physical and mechanical properties of nanomaterials and its applications

The items with the greatest percentage increase in use compared with the previous month were

• Oxidation and reactivity of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde, a reactive intermediate of dopamine metabolism
• Christine de Pizan’s Advice to Prostitutes
• An investigation of bootstrap methods for estimating the standard error of equating under the common-item nonequivalent groups design
• A pharmacokinetic receptor-based recirculation model for target-mediated disposition drugs
• David Day interview, “Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others”

These include theses as well as an article in Medieval Feminist Forum and a book review podcast.

If you are interested in all of our usage data for all series, we have links to the data on our website.

Because the weather has a significant impact on our daily lives, National Weatherperson’s Day recognizes the scientists who track our major storms and atmospheric climate changes. The day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries who was born in Boston in 1745. He was a Harvard graduate and surgeon who became fascinated with observing the weather. Beginning in 1774, he daily measured and recorded the weather in Boston. Then, in 1784, he made a historical balloon flight across the English Channel to observe atmospheric conditions up close.

Weather balloons, anemometer cups and rain gauges have since been replaced with earth-orbiting satellites and computer-aided atmospheric modeling used for gathering data to predict long- and short-term meteorological events which will significantly impact our global atmosphere in terms of ozone levels and and movement of storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the United States governmental body responsible for monitoring and forecasting the weather and conducting meteorological research. NASA, too, is instrumental in researching and mapping atmosopheric changes using telescopes and space stations.

Take a moment and think of your favorite and trusted meteorologist…big hint…she is your very own engineering librarian.

 

 

 

 

References

infoplease: meteorology

infoplease: weather balloon

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration http://www.nasa.gov/

Meteorological Technology World Expo 2015 http://www.meteorologicaltechnologyworldexpo.com/

 

 

Books

Atmospheric chemistry and global change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Engineering Library QC879.6 .A85 1999

Wallace, John M. Atmoshperic science: an introductory survey, 2d edition. Boston: Elsevier Academic Press, 2oo6. Engineering Library FOLIIO QC861.3 .W3 2006

Understanding Weather and Climate, 6th edition. Engineering Library QC861.3 .A38 2013. Engineering Library QC861.3 .A38 2013

 

 

In this Web of Science class you will explore this multidisciplinary database which covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You will find current and retrospective coverage back to 1898 in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Today, 2:30 p.m., 2001C Seamans Center Library Computer Classroom, 30 minute class.

Taught by Sara Scheib, Science Education and Outreach Library, Science Library.

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. EndNote Desktop is available free for UI faculty, staff and graduate students.

This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.

Our sessions this semester:

• Wednesday, February 4th,  9am-10am
• Wednesday, March 4th, 3pm-4pm
• Wednesday, April 1, 12pm-1pm
• Tuesday, May 5, 2pm-3pm

Register online or call 319-335-9151.  If none of these sessions work for you, you can request a personal session online.

For more information on EndNote Desktop, see our guide.

 

By Eric Rumsey
Embase, which we described in an earlier article, is a powerful biomedical database which is comparable to PubMed. Unfortunately, the interface for Embase is rather difficult to navigate, especially for new users. We have created two resources for beginning users:

A 2-page handout: Basic Searching in EMBASE

A slide set that shows the first steps in doing a successful search in Embase: Embase: Use Quick Search To Do Mapping!

The Japan Times Archives includes every issue of the newspaper published between 1897 and 2013 — “an English-language version of the first draft of Japan’s modern history.”

Please send additional comments to Chiaki Sakai.

The Transplant Library provides easy access to high quality, evidence-based information on all of aspects of solid organ transplantation. The Library includes all randomized controlled trials from the earliest record, including many congress abstracts and selected, good quality systematic reviews from 2008. RCTs published from 2004 have been given a methodological quality rating.

Please send additional comments to Janna Lawrence.