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Recent Articles

A Colourful Diptych Sundial & Compass by Beringer

A Colourful Diptych Sundial & Compass by Beringer

June 05, 2015

Relics of Rhoda Sale, a Near-Forgotten Female Physicist

Relics of Rhoda Sale, a Near-Forgotten Female Physicist

May 11, 2015

An Incredible Chromolithographic Pharmacy Catalogue

An Incredible Chromolithographic Pharmacy Catalogue

April 20, 2015


Tardigrades and other "Marvels of Pond Life": A Classic Book on Microscopes by Henry J. Slack

Tardigrades and other "Marvels of Pond Life": A Classic Book on Microscopes by Henry J. Slack

March 18, 2015

A Rare Inscribed Copy of John Herschel's Southern Star Atlas

A Rare Inscribed Copy of John Herschel's Southern Star Atlas

February 20, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day: Images of the Heart from Fritz Kahn's Das Leben des Menschen

Happy Valentine's Day: Images of the Heart from Fritz Kahn's Das Leben des Menschen

February 14, 2015


The Original Weather App: A 1915 Pocket Forecaster by Negretti & Zambra

The Original Weather App: A 1915 Pocket Forecaster by Negretti & Zambra

February 03, 2015

High Energy Phenomena & Meson Theories by Richard Feynman: Rare Lectures from the Dawn of Particle Physics

High Energy Phenomena & Meson Theories by Richard Feynman: Rare Lectures from the Dawn of Particle Physics

January 27, 2015

The Salamander: Zelda Fitzgerald & The Invention of the Flapper

The Salamander: Zelda Fitzgerald & The Invention of the Flapper

January 03, 2015



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