Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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China / by Robert K. Douglas ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Douglas, Robert K. (Robert Kennaway), Sir, 1838-1913.Date: 1887
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The ferns of Great Britain and their allies, the club-mosses, pepperworts, and horsetails / by Anne Pratt ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Pratt, Anne, 1806-1893.Date: [1871]- Books
Natural history. Fishes / by P.H. Gosse ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.Date: 1851
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Poisonous, noxious and suspected plants of our fields and woods / by Anne Pratt ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Pratt, Anne, 1806-1893.Date: [1857 or 1866?]
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A text-book of zoology for schools / by Philip Henry Gosse ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.Date: 1851