Stories
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The colonist who faced the blue terror
India, 1857. In a British enclave, Katherine Bartrum watches her friend, and then her family, succumb to the deadly cholera.
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Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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Experiments on the analysis of the heavy inflammable air / by William Austin.
Austin, William, 1754-1793.Date: [1790]- Books
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A short history of Brighthelmston : with remarks on its air, and an analysis of its waters, particularly of an uncommon mineral one long discovered, though but lately used. ... / By Anthony Relhan, M.D. ... published in 1761 - re-edited 1829.
Relhan, Anthony, 1715-1776.Date: 1829- Books
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A guide to the microscopical examination of drinking water : with an appendix on the microscopical examination of air / by J.D. MacDonald.
Date: 1883- Archives and manuscripts
Two annotated interleaved publications by Cornelius Benjamin Fox: Sanitary examinations of water, air and food. A Handbook for the Medical Officer of Health (1878) and Sanitary examinations of water, air and food. A vade-mecum for the Medical Officer of Health (1886)
Fox, Cornelius Benjamin (1839-1922), MD Edin, MRCS, LSA, FRCP (1880)Date: 1878-1886Reference: MSS.8561-8562- Books
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A handy method of determining the amount of carbonic acid in air / by William Mackie.
Mackie, William.Date: 1905