On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

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The exhibition’s organizer, Claire Perry, an independent curator, writes that she was interested in “the nineteenth century’s spirit of inquiry through science and technology, the arts ...

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complete with extended text by 19th-century scientists. The sounds of chirping crickets and cascading water follow your steps. Opera arias waft from one chamber. Telephone receivers at listening ...

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Over the course of the nineteenth century, scientists, artists, and society at large developed a deeper understanding of air.

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A century later, an international voyage captured ... It has animals more splendid and strange than our most creative science fiction imaginings. This includes squids that start life looking ...