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Comments on Male and Female Symbols. BMJ, 17 Apr 1954, p.944
Date: 1954Reference: PP/CJS/B.7/4
Part of: Singer, Charles Joseph and Singer, Dorothea Waley
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The numerals from 1 to 10, and mathematical symbols. Gouache by G. Gurr, 1984.
Gurr, Graham, active approximately 1976-Date: 15.2.84 [15 February 1984]Reference: 2971481i
Part of: Adamson Collection
Books
Psychology and symbols : the anthropological implications of the placebo effect / Daniel E. Moerman.
Moerman, Daniel EDate: 1983
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Shared symbols, contested meanings : Gros Ventre culture and history, 1778-1984 / Loretta Fowler.
Fowler, Loretta, 1944-Date: 1987
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Telegraphy: symbols used in to convey various letters and numbers telegraphically. Engraving by Mutlow.
Date: 1 July 1812Reference: 473427i
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The science of symbols : setting forth the true reason for symbolism and ritual, their relation to the teaching of Christ, and their necessary adoption by all forms of religious expression / Godfrey Blount.
Blount, Godfrey.Date: 1905
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Pictorial cards bearing the symbols of each of the four suits. Coloured stipple engraving, 1818.
Date: [1818]Reference: 33427i
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Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.
Jackson, W. (Chemist), active approximately 1799.Date: 26 October 1799Reference: 47852i
Ephemera
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Beecham's school quiz No 6 : well known signs and symbols...do you know them?.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
Ephemera
Talking Mats and dementia : second edition with new, custom designed symbols / Talking Mats Ltd.
Talking Mats (Firm)Date: [2013?]
Books
The sacred symbols and numbers of aboriginal America in ancient and modern times / [Francis Parry].
Parry, Francis.Date: 1894
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On remedies in the Sloane collections, and on alchemical symbols / by F.C.J. Spurrell.
Spurrell, F. C. J.Date: 1894
Archives and manuscripts
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From Simple Cells to Simple Symbols: a Theory of Low-Level Vision - Marr, David
Date: 1970-1979Reference: SB/2/3/136
Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection
Books
Encyclopedia of Indian art, references, symbols, evolution of Devanagari script = Rekhā / K.C. Aryan.
Aryan, K. C., 1919-Date: [1989], ©1989
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A table of Christian signs, symbols and images; top centre the Virgin of Loreto. Etching.
Reference: 31801i
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A skull, a skeleton, candles and other symbols of mortality. Engraving attributed to G. Altzenbach, [16--].
Altzenbach, Gerhard, active 1609-1672.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 5i
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Von ganzem Herzen : diesseits und jenseits eines Symbols / Cornelia Kruse, Marie-Louise von Plessen ; herausgegeben von der Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg.
Kruse, CorneliaDate: [2004]
Archives and manuscripts
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M0001048: Line drawing of rock carvings in Liguria, Italy / M0001049: Line drawing of Taurian symbols from Mycenae
Date: 11 August 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/9/94
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Arithmetick symbolical in one book : in which the mystery of numeration by symbols is revealed / by R.B., Mr. of Arts
Date: 1649
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A large CND symbol surrounded by other symbols, stick figures and the words 'ban' and 'bomb' in green. Gouache by Derek Hussey, 1966.
Hussey, Derek, active approximately 1966.Date: 7.11.66 [7 November 1966]Reference: 2982893i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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The word 'SIDA' linked within a chain of male and female symbols representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Coprecos, Peru. Colour lithograph by Paco San Martin, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 679175i
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Angels adoring a monstrance underneath a baldachine which bears Papal and Jesuit symbols. Etching by J. Harrewijn.
Harrewijn, J., 1622-1732.Reference: 30616i
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A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Reference: 33803i
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Arapahoe politics, 1851-1978 : symbols in crises of authority / Loretta Fowler ; foreword by Fred Eggan.
Fowler, Loretta, 1944-Date: 1986, ©1982
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The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 16055i

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Comments on Male and Female Symbols. BMJ, 17 Apr 1954, p.944

The numerals from 1 to 10, and mathematical symbols. Gouache by G. Gurr, 1984.

Psychology and symbols : the anthropological implications of the placebo effect / Daniel E. Moerman.

Shared symbols, contested meanings : Gros Ventre culture and history, 1778-1984 / Loretta Fowler.

Telegraphy: symbols used in to convey various letters and numbers telegraphically. Engraving by Mutlow.

The science of symbols : setting forth the true reason for symbolism and ritual, their relation to the teaching of Christ, and their necessary adoption by all forms of religious expression / Godfrey Blount.

Pictorial cards bearing the symbols of each of the four suits. Coloured stipple engraving, 1818.

Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

Beecham's school quiz No 6 : well known signs and symbols...do you know them?.

Talking Mats and dementia : second edition with new, custom designed symbols / Talking Mats Ltd.

The sacred symbols and numbers of aboriginal America in ancient and modern times / [Francis Parry].

On remedies in the Sloane collections, and on alchemical symbols / by F.C.J. Spurrell.

From Simple Cells to Simple Symbols: a Theory of Low-Level Vision - Marr, David

Encyclopedia of Indian art, references, symbols, evolution of Devanagari script = Rekhā / K.C. Aryan.

A table of Christian signs, symbols and images; top centre the Virgin of Loreto. Etching.

A skull, a skeleton, candles and other symbols of mortality. Engraving attributed to G. Altzenbach, [16--].

Von ganzem Herzen : diesseits und jenseits eines Symbols / Cornelia Kruse, Marie-Louise von Plessen ; herausgegeben von der Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg.

M0001048: Line drawing of rock carvings in Liguria, Italy / M0001049: Line drawing of Taurian symbols from Mycenae

Arithmetick symbolical in one book : in which the mystery of numeration by symbols is revealed / by R.B., Mr. of Arts

A large CND symbol surrounded by other symbols, stick figures and the words 'ban' and 'bomb' in green. Gouache by Derek Hussey, 1966.

The word 'SIDA' linked within a chain of male and female symbols representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Coprecos, Peru. Colour lithograph by Paco San Martin, ca. 1995.

Angels adoring a monstrance underneath a baldachine which bears Papal and Jesuit symbols. Etching by J. Harrewijn.

A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.

Arapahoe politics, 1851-1978 : symbols in crises of authority / Loretta Fowler ; foreword by Fred Eggan.

The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.