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"James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, after only Newton and Einstein. Within a relatively short lifetime he made enormous contributions to science which this lecture will survey." youtu.be/v40OcJ7rfSE @histodon @histodons @science

Nissinen, Martti, Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Nov. 2017), doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198808, accessed 28 June 2023. @bookstodon @histodon @histodons

Houghton, H. A. G., The Latin New Testament: A Guide to its Early History, Texts, and Manuscripts (Oxford, 2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Mar. 2016), doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/978, accessed 30 June 2023. @bookstodon @histodon @histodons

Martin, S., Long, D., & Schodlok, M. (2022). Comparison of Antarctic iceberg observations by Cook in 1772–75, Halley in 1700, Bouvet in 1739 and Riou in 1789 with modern data. Journal of Glaciology, 1-8. doi: doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.111 @histodon @histodons @science

Victor Wilson (2023) The Swedish Slave Trade Efforts at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Case Studies in Nordic Transimperial History, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 51:3, 555-575, DOI: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2023. @histodon @histodons

Brami, M., Zedda, N., Diekmann, Y., Blöcher, J., Brou, L., Valotteau, F., . . . Brun-Ricalens, F. (2023). Investigating the prehistory of Luxembourg using ancient genomes. Antiquity, 1-8. doi: doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.71 @histodon @histodons @science

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Connor, H. (2022). Doctors and ‘Educational Overpressure’ in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Fatigue State that Divided Medical Opinion, European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health, 80(1), 3-38. doi: doi.org/10.1163/26667711-bja10 @histodon @histodons

"The New England states, particularly Massachusetts, strongly opposed the War of 1812 because they felt it was unnecessary and worried it would negatively impact New England’s economy." historyofmassachusetts.org/war @histodon @histodons

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"A film exploring the development of the quill pen, from its earliest known depiction to the birth of the fountain pen." youtu.be/36h1vt-9sss @histodon @histodons

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