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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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An essay towards a rational system of music. By John Holden.
Holden, John, active 18th century.Date: 1799- Books
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An essay on musical harmony, according to the nature of that science and the principles of the greatest musical authors. By Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann, organist of his Majesty's German Chapel at St. James's.
Kollmann, Augustus Frederic Christopher, 1756-1829.Date: [1796]- Books
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A treatise on harmony: containing the chief rules for composing in two, three, and four parts. Dedicated to all lovers of musick, by an admirer of this agreeable science.
Date: [1731]- Books
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A treatise of music, containing the principles of composition. Wherein the several parts thereof are fully explained, and made useful both to the professors and students of that science. By Mr. Rameau, Principal Composer to his Most Christian Majesty, and to the Opera at Paris. Translated into English from the original in the French language
Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764.Date: [1775?]- Books
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A full vindication of the ancient and honourable society of free and accepted masons, From the malicious aspersions and sly insinuations of ignorant and envious slanderers; particularly, the author or authors of a scandalous pamphlet, intituled, the freemasons accusation; whose false charges are here fairly confuted, his false reasonings, and false English, set in a true light. By a Lover of harmony and good fellowship.
Lover of harmony and good fellowship.Date: 1726