All posts tagged "natural history"
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8.7K1ConnecticutBlack Husband, White Scientist: The Secret Double Life of Clarence King
In 1888, Clarence King started to lead two secret lives, one on each side of the Brooklyn Bridge. In Manhattan, he was...
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25.6KScience and NatureA Vermont Moose Visits Paris in 1787
In 1784, a Vermont moose went to Paris to settle an argument between a French natural historian and Thomas Jefferson. The historian,...
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10.6K7Arts and LeisureThe 40 Angels of St. Ann, the Sistine Chapel of Woonsocket
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church in Woonsocket, R.I., was built from nickels and dimes donated by poor French-Canadian millworkers and their families...
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10.0K23ConnecticutThe Weston Meteorite of 1807 Brings Scientific Research to America
In 1807 a fireball streaked across the New England sky, broke into pieces and scattered over Weston, Conn. The young Yale professor...
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4.7K2MassachusettsA Banana and a Red Snapper: Two 1809 Firsts for William Bentley
Little that happened in Salem, Mass., escaped the attention of the Rev. William Bentley while he served as minister of the East Church...
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6.0K21MassachusettsMaria Mitchell Discovers Her Very Own Comet
On a clear autumn night in 1847, 29-year-old Maria Mitchell climbed to the roof of the Pacific National Bank on Nantucket and...
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9.0K15ConnecticutStep Right Up! 14 Little-Known Facts About The Entertaining Life of P.T. Barnum
Think you know all about P.T. Barnum, newspaper editor, progressive mayor and hospital founder? Though a legend for his hoaxes and his...
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