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.
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The principles of algebra: or the true theory of equations established on mathematical demonstration. Part the second. By William Frend.
Frend, William, 1757-1841.Date: 1799- Books
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Elements of algebra.
Trail, William, 1746-1831.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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An introduction to algebra; with notes and observations; designed for the use of schools and places of public education. By John Bonnycastle, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Bonnycastle, John, approximately 1760-1821.Date: MDCCC. [1800]- Books
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Observations on the limits of algebraical equations; and a general demonstration of Des Cartess̀ rule for finding their number of affirmative and negative roots. By the Rev. Isaac Milner, M. A. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. Read at the Royal Society, Feb. 26, 1778.
Milner, Isaac, 1750-1820.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Elements of algebra. For the use of students in universities. Third edition. To which is added an appendix.
Trail, William, 1746-1831.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]