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Dealing with the dead after a nuclear attack

Cold War-era predictions of death on a vast scale became routine. But the British authorities were less prepared to dispose of the bodies.

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Designs in architecture, for garden chairs, small gates for villas, park entrances, aviarys, Temples, Boat Houses, mausoleums, and bridges; with their plans, elevations, and sections, accompanied with scenery, &c. By W. Robertson.
Robertson, William (Architect)Date: [1800]
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Mausoleum in a lake. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
Hodges, William, 1744-1797.Date: 5 November 1787Reference: 26673i
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The danger of premature interment : proved from many remarkable instances ... : also a description of the manner the ancient Egyptians ... preserved ... their dead and a curious account of their sepulchral ever burning lamps and mausoleums ... / by Joseph Taylor.
Taylor, Joseph, 1761 or 1762-1844.Date: 1818
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A catalogue of the libraries of the Reverend and learned Thomas Brathwaite, D. D. Late Warden of Winchester-College, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. And His Late Nephew, Tho. Brathwaite, Surgeon and Anatomist. Consisting of a Very Large Collection of books and manuscripts, In Theology, Architecture, History, Anatomy, &c. in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, High and Low Dutch, English, &c. and several scarce State Tracts. With a great Number of very curious Drawings, Prints, Views, Prospects, Plans of Cities, Palaces, Gardens, Vistas, Fountains, Cascades, Castles, Colleges, Halls, Obelisks, Pyramids, Mausoleums, Sepulchres, Tombs, Monuments, &c. with Anatomical Preparations and Curiosities, not commonly to be met with, among which are a Hymen, compleat, taken from one Executed at Tyhurn, Aged 22 Years, and a Foetus in Utero, with all the Parts of Generation compleat, of Seven Months Growth; also a Sea Surgeon's Chest, Medicines, and other Furniture, Instruments of Surgery, Midwifry, Anatomy, and several Bandages; Which will be Sold by auction, At John's Coffee-House, in Cursitor's-Alley, beginning on Monday the 21st Day of June 1731, and the following Days, till all are sold. By T. Payne, Bookseller, at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row. For the Benefit of the Widow and Infant Son of the said Thomas Brathwaite late Surgeon. They may be view'd on Tuesday the 15th of June, and every Day after, till the Time of sale, which will begin at Five of the Clock in the Afternoon each Day.
Payne, Thomas, bookseller in Paternoster RowDate: 1731]
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Mausoleum of Haidar Ali near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after A. Allan, 1794.
Allan, A., Captain.Date: 4 June 1794Reference: 29869i
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Designs in architecture, for garden chairs, small gates for villas, park entrances, aviarys, Temples, Boat Houses, mausoleums, and bridges; with their plans, elevations, and sections, accompanied with scenery, &c. By W. Robertson.

Mausoleum in a lake. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.

The danger of premature interment : proved from many remarkable instances ... : also a description of the manner the ancient Egyptians ... preserved ... their dead and a curious account of their sepulchral ever burning lamps and mausoleums ... / by Joseph Taylor.

Mausoleum of Haidar Ali near Mysore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by J. Wells after A. Allan, 1794.