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  • Determined by the judges : the appellant therefore contended that his van was exempted from the duty as assessed.
  • The Panama Canal: to determine whether he was fit to be extradited, two eminent physicians examine the stools of Dr Cornelius Herz, who had fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, lies in bed as a physician takes his pulse to determine whether he is seriously ill. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Science: a complex machine for determining the specific gravity of various substances, an observer in early eighteenth-century dress looks on. Engraving.
  • DNA sequencing. This method of DNA sequencing is called di-deoxy sequencing. It is used to determine the order of bases (A,C,G and T) in a piece of DNA using radioactively-labelled modified nucleotides. They are then separated by electrophoresis in a polyacrylamide gel and detected on x-ray film by a process called autoradiography.
  • The components of an astrolabe (a medieval instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies); signed "HOC FACET [SIC] VIVES" an inscribed "DON. COLVBINUS. DE. ALFIANO. MONACUS. VALLIS. VMBROSE. VTEBATUR. MD.LXXII" meaning Don Columbino de Alfiano, Monk of Vallombrosa [in Tuscany, where there was a famous monastry] used [this], 1572.
  • Crystals of a DNA repair protein from Serratia marscescens bound to DNA. The crystals are grown in very small drops (approximatetly 1 microlitre) from very pure preparations so their structure can be determined by X-ray crystallography.
  • Crystals of a DNA repair protein from Serratia marscescens bound to DNA. The crystals are grown in very small drops (approximatetly 1 microlitre) from very pure preparations so their structure can be determined by X-ray crystallography.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Foxham, in the parish of Christian Malford, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Henry Freegard, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with swine fever... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : swine fever order, 1879 : notice is hereby given that the farm premises, called Gate Farm, in the parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Carpenter, are by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be places INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that a pigstye situate at Studley, in the Parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mrs. Eliza Chivers, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with SWINE FEVER, and that the limits of such pigstye are the limits of such infected place... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Patterdown Farm, in the parish of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Mr. William Dew, which by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, was, on the 27th day of November, 1884 ordered, determined, and declared to be a place INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER, is now by the said local authority to be free from swine fever / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • A man in profile with a resolute expression attacked by arrows. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1972.
  • A man in profile with a resolute expression attacked by arrows. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1972.
  • The evolution of sex / by Professor Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson.
  • Neural stem cells in culture
  • Rat neural stem cells in culture
  • Studies in blood-pressure, physiological and clinical / by George Oliver.
  • Mouse neural stem cells in culture
  • Human neural stem cells stained for nestin (red). Nestin is a type of intermediate filamant protein that is used as a marker of neural stem cells. The blue dots are the cell nuclei stained with DAPI. Neural stem cells can be made to develop into cells found in the central nervous system; neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes.
  • Climbing after frostbite
  • Climbing after frostbite
  • Leonidas at Thermopylae. Crayon manner print by N. Bertrand, 1821, after Laguiche after J.L. David.
  • PCR analysis to sex embryos
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: street gamblers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • C19 Chinese paintings of famous physicians: Shen Nong
  • C19 Chinese paintings of famous physicians: Feng Gang
  • C19 Chinese paintings of famous physicians: Grand Tutor Dou
  • Sangtec Medical : postal address: AB Sangtec Medical, Box 20045, S-161 02 Bromma, Sweden ...