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    Custom carving featuring design of Kircher's Enigma, Chemistry Building, Rice University

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    Date
    1925
    Abstract
    This slide is a part of the "A Walking Tour of Rice University" slide presentation. The original glass plate negatives were given to James C. Morehead, Jr. by William Ward Watkin for use in Morehead's construction class. The glass slides generally show the construction of several buildings at Rice, including Lovett Hall, the physics building, the mechanical laboratory, power house, the chemistry building, and the football stadium.
    Description
    Stone carving of Kircher's Enigma, located in Keck Hall at Rice Institute. Original resource is a color 35 mm slide.
    Citation
    "Custom carving featuring design of Kircher's Enigma, Chemistry Building, Rice University." (1925) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71035.
    Keyword
    Places; William M. Rice Institute. Keck Hall; Chemistry--Miscellanea--Texas--Houston; Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680; Rice University--History
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    Rice University
    Citable link to this page
    https://hdl.handle.net/1911/71035
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    Rights to this material belong to Rice University. This digital version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materials
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    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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