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Recent Articles

Victorian Women & STEM Education: A Prize Book Awarded by the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association

Victorian Women & STEM Education: A Prize Book Awarded by the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association

October 10, 2016

Victorian Machines & Manufacturing: The Boy's Book of Industrial Information

Victorian Machines & Manufacturing: The Boy's Book of Industrial Information

September 28, 2016

Doodling in Your Math Book: An 18th-Century Arithmetic Manuscript

Doodling in Your Math Book: An 18th-Century Arithmetic Manuscript

September 21, 2016


Two Georgian Era Magnifying Lenses

Two Georgian Era Magnifying Lenses

May 06, 2016

"Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" The Birth of a Classic.

"Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" The Birth of a Classic.

April 07, 2016

One Hundred Photographs from Life: R. B. Lodge & Early Wildlife Photography

One Hundred Photographs from Life: R. B. Lodge & Early Wildlife Photography

March 24, 2016


Los Alamos to Princeton: Top Secret Manhattan Project Lectures

Los Alamos to Princeton: Top Secret Manhattan Project Lectures

March 04, 2016

What's an Alembic? Alchemy, the History of Science, & Our Logo

What's an Alembic? Alchemy, the History of Science, & Our Logo

February 26, 2016

Original Photos of the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War, including Nagasaki

Original Photos of the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War, including Nagasaki

February 19, 2016


Fly Like a Bird: Carl Friederich Meerwein's Die Kunst zu Fliegen nach Art der Vögel

Fly Like a Bird: Carl Friederich Meerwein's Die Kunst zu Fliegen nach Art der Vögel

February 16, 2016

How to Start Collecting Rare Books

How to Start Collecting Rare Books

February 09, 2016

A Wheel Within a Wheel: Bicycles & Women's Rights

A Wheel Within a Wheel: Bicycles & Women's Rights

November 30, 2015



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