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The Berkeley Carillon originated as a twelve bell chime, cast in 1915 by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, England.The original bells were a gift of Jane K. Sather, who also gave the university the Sather Tower (in which the bells were housed), Sather Gate (named for her husband the Norwegian-born banker Peder Sather), and endowed chairs in History and Classics.
Although, as the immediate aftermath photos show, the proximate cause was dry rot, [5] [6] which is caused by excessive moisture intrusion into the supporting wood framing, undermining its structural integrity, the only known investigation report fails to definitively identify the source of moisture, its entry route(s), or the mechanism(s) of its transport. [7]
The UC Berkeley College of Chemistry is one of the fifteen schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. It houses the department of chemistry and the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering. [3] [4] The College offers bachelor of science degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, and chemical biology. [2]
Berkeley Cars Ltd / ˈ b ɑːr k l iː / was a British car manufacturer based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.The company produced economical sporting microcars with motorcycle-derived engines from 322 cc to 692 cc and front wheel drive between 1956 and 1960.
Berkeley College or Berklee College may refer to: Berkeley City College, a public community college in Berkeley, California; Berkeley College, a private for-profit college in New York and New Jersey; Berkeley College, Yale University, a residential college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut; Berklee College of Music, a private music ...
The oil-on-canvas work depicts a young couple on an excursion outside a city, walking on a woodland path. Influenced by the Rococo Revival style during the Second French Empire , the work reflects the older style and themes of eighteenth-century artists like Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Antoine Watteau .
In 1878, Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first chief justice of California, gave $100,000 to be used to create the law school that once bore his name.He arranged for the enactment of a legislative act on March 26, 1878, to create the Hastings College of the Law as a separate legal entity affiliated with the University of California.