Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)
Date: 1800-1985Reference: WA/HSW- Books
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A question upon divorce. Written by Mr. Asgill.
Asgill, John, 1659-1738.Date: M.DCC.XVII. [1717]- Books
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Considerations libres sur le divorce. Soumises au tribunal du public impartial. Par une interessée.
Interessée.Date: 1780- Books
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Bill of advocation, Mr. Thomas Waugh, against Mrs. Jean Ballantine. C. Bremner, W.S. agent. H. clerk. Lord Dunsinnan reporter. Bill of advocation for Thomas Waugh writer in Jedburgh; against Mrs. Jean Ballantyne, his wife.
Waugh, Thomas, writer.Date: 1800]- Books
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Pet. Thomas Waugh, against Lord Dunsinnan's interlocutor. The petition of Thomas Waugh, writer in Jedburgh.
Waugh, Thomas, writer.Date: 1800]