Samson House 028: Dismantling the Brownell House

Dismantling the Brownell House in Portsmouth, RI to be re-erected in Little Compton, RI.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_images/1934/thumbnail.jp

Samson House: Roof Plan

Architect blueprint for the roof plan for the Samson House.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_plans/1193/thumbnail.jp

Samson House 086: Summer Beam, First Floor

Photograph showing the Summer Beam on the First Floor, Portsmouth Side of the newly re-constructed Samson House in Little Compton, RI.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_images/1959/thumbnail.jp

Adrienne Wooster

https://docs.rwu.edu/poetry-walk-images/1031/thumbnail.jp

Samson House 064: Unlabeled Photograph

Unlabeled photograph for Samson House re-erection.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_images/1951/thumbnail.jp

Samson House 088: Unlabeled, Re-building Roof Frame

Unlabeled photograph showing re-building of the roof on Samson House in Little Compton, RI.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_images/1961/thumbnail.jp

Turning kinematics of the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita

Scyphomedusae are widespread in the oceans and their swimming has provided valuable insights into the hydrodynamics of animal propulsion. Most of this research has focused on symmetrical, linear swimming. However, in nature, medusae typically swim circuitous, nonlinear paths involving frequent turns. Here we describe swimming turns by the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita during which asymmetric bell margin motions produce rotation around a linearly translating body center. These jellyfish ‘skid’ through turns and the degree of asynchrony between opposite bell margins is an approximate predictor of turn magnitude during a pulsation cycle. The underlying neuromechanical organization of bell contraction contributes substantially to asynchronous bell motions and inserts a stochastic rotational component into the directionality of scyphomedusan swimming. These mechanics are important for natural populations because asynchronous bell contraction patterns are common in situ and result in frequent turns by naturally swimming medusae

Samson House 050: Summer Beam, Isaac Barker House

Photograph of the Summer Beam taken from the Isaac Barker House in Tiverton, RI. Dismantled in 1977.https://docs.rwu.edu/baker_images/1945/thumbnail.jp

Samson House: Specifications for the General Construction Phase 1

Specifications for the General Construction Phase I Restoration and Reuse for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Samson, Rockbridge Farm, Little Compton, Rhode Island. Prepared by Joseph L. Nichols, Registered Architect, Newport, Rhode Island, December 27, 1977