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rmathematicus

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Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in 16th century Nürnberg.

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bibliolater, to science
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"Abraham de Moivre (born May 26, 1667, Vitry, Fr.—died Nov. 27, 1754, London) French mathematician who was a pioneer in the development of analytic trigonometry and in the theory of probability"

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Abraham de Moivre". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Nov. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-de-Moivre. Accessed 27 November 2023. #History #Science #STEM #Maths #Math #Mathematics #HistoryOfScience #HistSci @science

rmathematicus,
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@bibliolater @science

https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/a-newtonian-refuge/

bibliolater, to histodon
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "Hand-drawn map of England and Wales by Christopher Saxton in 1579." @histodon @histodons

Attribution: Christopher Saxton, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anglia_Atlas.jpg

rmathematicus,
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@mhedney @bibliolater @histodon @histodons

If I’d seen it first I would have been that guy 🙃

dbellingradt, to histodons German
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Here is a new thread for friends of , , and the community.
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On the painting with the title "The Alchemist" from the Flemish Mattheus van Helmont, circa mid seventeenth century, are many uses and abuses of paper products reflected in the details. I will address 7 of these paper issues in the thread. Bonus for friends: a large écorché figure, a distillation apparatus over a fire, and metal working assistants.
Enjoy.

1/x

rmathematicus,
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@dbellingradt @histodons

"to form a - to be coated in plaster - paper ball."

Which is why so few of them survive.

HuShuo, to histodons
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From the Shanghai Musuem (via
@peharch on twitter)

@histodons

rmathematicus,
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@HuShuo @histodons

I got told off for doing this in a museum in Nürnberg

ClaireFromClare, to medievodons
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The great fair at outside (https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-800-year-old-story-of-stourbridge-fair) was commemorated last weekend at the with dancing, singing, storytelling & craft stalls.

The accounts of the record purchases there over the years: salt, often; also furs & lambskins; smoked herring, cod & stockfish; rice & almonds. were bought in great quantity, used by the pastry chef from Paris & to indulge the pet .

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rmathematicus,
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@ClaireFromClare @medievodons @histodons As a young man, Isaac Newton bought a book on astrology at Stourbridge fair

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