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Titans in the landscape

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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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People against pollution

Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.

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When the sun goes down

Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.

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  • Register All Cord Electric Engine. Fig 90, page 222,'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • The "Sphere" Electric Cable Engine. Fig. 89, page 221, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Wheeler Dental Engine. Fig. 88, page 220, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Berry Dental Engine. Fig. 101, page 238, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Columba Engine and Support. Fig. 87, page 219, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • The controlled explosion of an underwater mine to clear rocks in the East River between Harlem and the Bronx, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • The Columbia Dental Engine
  • Ritter Engine for Alternating Current.
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