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The chymist’s trade card

An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.

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The enduring myth of the mad genius

There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.

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The big freeze

In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.

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Yoga gets physical

Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.

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  • Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia: with Upper Ferry Bridge. Coloured engraving by Ferrer Sears & Co., 1830, C. Burton.
  • Congress Hall, Saratoga Springs, New York: visitors to the health resort taking the air outside the hotel. Coloured engraving by Fenner & Sears & Co., 1830, after C. Burton.
  • Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1830, after C. Burton.
  • Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1830, after C. Burton.
  • Prison, Philadelphia: side view. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after C. Burton.
  • Museum, Philadelphia: within the arcade. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after C. Burton.
  • Fair Mount water works, Philadelphia: with the Race Bridge. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after C. Burton.
  • Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Philadelphia: panoramic view. Coloured engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1831, after C. Burton.
  • Eugène Napoléon Vigla. Lithograph by C. Bornemann after Ch. Reutlinger.
  • A group of men in turbans are carrying a litter, and attending to their passenger. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after C. Gold.
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