A compilation of 550 original plates reveals the dedicated work of the nineteenth-century woman who was the first to publish a book with cyanotypes of specimens. A compilation of 550 original plates reveals the dedicated work of the nineteenth-century woman who was the first to publish a book with cyanotypes of specimens.
With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854. Three years later, it was completed. Using cast iron, concrete, glass and the latest heating and ventilation systems, it was a masterpiece of mid-19th-century technology.
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by Sarath Amunugama Excerpted from volume ii of his autobiography With the TULF losing support of the youth, politics in the northern peninsula took a violent turn. Frustrated by educational policies of the Government and no longer dependent on the South for employment they looked to militant activity in the Palestine Liberation Organisation as a […]
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