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Why the scariest monsters look almost human
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Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
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[Benjamin West correspondence].
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820Date: 2008-- Pictures
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Benjamin West: portrait. Drawing, c. 1798, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: c. 1798Reference: 30082i- Archives and manuscripts
Benjamin West (1738-1820), artist
Date: Late 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.7800/7Part of: Miscellany, United States of America, 19th-20th centuries- Books
Benjamin West's osteomyelitis : a translation / Adrian W. Zorgniotti.
Date: 1976- Books
Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for ... 1778 [&c.] / [Benjamin West].
West, Benjamin, 1730-1813Date: [1778]