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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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The farmer's almanac, calculated on a new and improved plan, for the year of our Lord, 1801. ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ... By Robert B. Thomas. [Four lines of verse]
Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846.Date: [1800]- Books
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The farmer's almanack. Calculated on a new and improved plan. For the year of our Lord 1795 ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ... By Robert B. Thomas. [Four lines of verse]
Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846.Date: [1794]- Books
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Bickerstaff's Boston almanack for the year of our Lord 1788 ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, but may serve for all the New-England states.
Date: [1787]- Books
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The Farmers', merchants' and mechanics' almanack: or, The register of Maine. For the year of our Lord, 1800 ... Suited for the meridian of Portland--latitude 43 deg. 43 min. north. ...
Date: [1799]- Books
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The farmer's almanack, calculated on a new and improved plan, for the year of our Lord, 1800. ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ... By Robert B. Thomas. [Four lines of verse]
Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846.Date: [1799]