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History of Science & Technology at Yale Peabody Museum since 2017. Museum historian since 2003. Science writer since 1998. #histSTM #earlymodern #twitterstorian
yale.academia.edu/AlexiBaker

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A whimsical illustration by French caricaturist J. J. Grandville (1803-1847) from his 1844 collection, "Un autre monde: transformations, visions, incarnations, ascensions, locomotions, explorations..." https://t.co/nkt2WeF8H1

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Beautiful! The 1767 edition of Mark Catesby's "A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America" at . Source via : https://t.co/g66InEwB1g

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Adorable brown and white Norfolk or water spaniel painted by George Stubbs in 1778 at ! Stubbs was most famous for his paintings of animals, especially horses, and studied their anatomy: https://t.co/On4RZO0YIL

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Massive Neolithic pits have been found two miles from Stonehenge, circling the site of a large henge at Durrington Walls. They are each about 33 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep and may have indicated the boundary of the sacred site: https://t.co/nC7L2XNBKJ

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Exploring epidemics across history, science, society, and art - great blog posts from students in Paola Bertucci's graduate seminar at Yale on visual and material cultures of science! https://t.co/NICbXebfjX

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Fabulous 1753 depiction of itinerant tradesman by Marcellus Laroon - notice the spectacles! Small vision aids were widely sold in streets and diverse shops in cities like London for centuries: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf

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"Before and after" ad from 1893 at for "Duchess pills" - which in addition to enhancing one's beauty were supposed to cure anemia, palpitations, and skin eruptions: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf

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Fascinating introduction at to the history of women in glassmaking, including the production of incandescent lightbulbs as seen on the cover of Scientific American in 1895: https://t.co/kkkmnIqVOn

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Robert Yerkes artifacts illuminate history of primate research, intelligence testing, WW1, eugenics, and science & women scientists in Russia & Cuba! Guest appearances by Ivan Pavlov & Alfred Kinsey: https://t.co/gm7r2HuIQY

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