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Description:: A Bayesian formulation adapted from Kennedy and O'Hagan (2001) andHigdon et al. (2008) is used to give parameter constraints fromphysical observations and a limited number of simulations. The frameworkis based on the idea of replacing the simulator by an emulator whichcan then be used to facilitate computations required for the analysis.In this ...
Creator:: Higdon, David (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Created:: 2011-06-08
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Last Updated:: 2018-06-19

Description:: Party Poster depicting elderly man in traditional Bavarian outfit and posture, doing away with nazis with clubs and communists and with pistols.
Creator:: T.C.
Created:: 1918 - 1939
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Baxter, John

Description:: A man wearing a traditional Bavarian costume stands on the steps of a building at Ellis Island.
Creator:: Alland, Alexander
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-29

Description:: Scarifier. A scarifier comprised of a wooden cap, head cover, shaft, plunger, and a metal needle head with 30 needles and a spring; the cap on the rounded end of the scarifier screws on and off; Baunscheidt's Lebenswecker was designed to puncture the skin without drawing blood, and was typically used alongside a proprietary oil applied to the pu...
Creator:: Baunscheidt, Carl, 1809-1873
Contributor:: Baunscheidt, Carl (Germany)
Created:: 1848 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Scarifier. A cardboard box lined with black leather; it's lid is black and red with a yellow label; the scarifier is comprised of a wooden cap, head cover, shaft, plunger, and a metal needle head with 33 needles and a spring; the cap on the rounded end of the scarifier screws on and off; includes manufacturer markings:"PATENT C. BAUNSCHEIDT BONN...
Creator:: Baunscheidt, Carl, 1809-1873
Contributor:: Baunscheidt, Carl (Bonn, Germany)
Created:: 1848 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 6
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Scarifier. A scarifier comprised of a wooden cap, head cover, shaft, plunger, and a metal needle head with 33 needles and a spring; the cap on the rounded end of the scarifier screws on and off; includes manufacturer markings:"PATENT C. BAUNSCHEIDT BONN." Baunscheidt's Lebenswecker was designed to puncture the skin without drawing blood, and was...
Creator:: Baunscheidt, Carl, 1809-1873
Contributor:: Baunscheidt, Carl (Bonn, Germany)
Created:: 1848 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Scarifier. A scarifier comprised of a wooden cap, head cover, shaft, plunger, and a metal needle head with 35 needles and a spring; the cap on the rounded end of the scarifier screws on and off; includes manufacturer markings:"MADE IN GERMANY." Baunscheidt's Lebenswecker was designed to puncture the skin without drawing blood, and was typically ...
Creator:: Baunscheidt, Carl, 1809-1873
Contributor:: Baunscheidt, Carl (Germany)
Created:: 1848 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Baumé scale

Description:: Hydrometer. Long, cylindrical clear glass tube; around two thirds of the tube is slender and contains graduated scale markings printed on paper affixed to the inside of the tube; the other third widens out to rounded portions at both ends; the far one is spherical and has a pointed end, and this portion of the hydrometer is filled with round, l...
Contributor:: Fisher Scientific Company (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Created:: 1925 - 1940?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 8
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14