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Tesla, quacks and violet rays
Imagine a device that can treat everything from baldness to gout. Too good to be true? Yes, and it was banned – but not before hundreds were hoodwinked.
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Meredith Wadman’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Vaccine Race’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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An insider’s view of Play Well
Curator Shamita Sharmacharja offers behind-the-scenes insights into an exhibition about the serious business of play.
![Telegraphy: four different inventors' telegraph machines [on exhibition in Paris?]. Wood engraving, (1889?) by Poyet.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025513/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
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A supplement to Dean Sw--t's miscellanies: by the author. Containing, I. A letter to the students of both universities, relating to the New Discoveries in Religion and the Sciences, and the Principal Inventors of them. II. An essay upon an apothecary. III. An account of a surprizing apparition, October 20. 1722.
Date: [1723]- Books
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A general history of printing; from the first invention of it in the city of Mentz, to its propagation and progress thro' most of the kingdoms in Europe: particularly The Introduction and Success of it here in England. With the characters of the most celebrated printers, From the first Inventors of this art to the Years 1520 and 1550. Also An account of their works. And of the confiderable Improvements which they made during that Time. By S. Palmer, Printer.
Palmer, Samuel, -1732.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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The general history of printing, from its first invention in the city of Mentz, to its first progress and propagation thro' the most celebrated cities in Europe. Particularly, Its Introduction, Rise and Progress here in England. The Character of the most celebrated Printers, from the first Inventors of the Art to the Years 1520 and 1550; with an Account of their Works, and of the most considerable Improvements which they made to it during that Interval. By S. Palmer, printer.
Palmer, Samuel, -1732.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
The biographical dictionary of scientists. Engineers and inventors / general editor, David Abbott.
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Dr. Gregory's Elements of catoptrics and dioptrics. Translated from the Latin original, with a large supplement, by William Browne, M. D. To which is added, An Appendix, By J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S. containing, An Account of the Reflecting Telescopes; and of the Inventors, Improvers, and Imitators of them, till they were brought to Perfection by John Hadley, Esq; Vice-President of the Royal Society. With Original Letters which passed between Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. James Gregory, relating thereunto. Now First Published.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]