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Clavis Artis is an alchemical manuscript published in Germany in the late 17th or early 18th century, attributed to Zoroaster (Zarathustra).

#OnThisDay in 1910, Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], dies at 74.
"Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."

#OnThisDay in 1705, Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge.

#OnThisDay in 1850, Honoré de Balzac marries Ewelina Hańska. Five months after his wedding, on 18 August, Balzac died.

#DidYouKnow?
Novelist and poet Hermann Hesse worked in bookshops until the publication of his novel "Peter Camenzind".

"And, after all the Philippines are only the stepping-stone to China".
Cartoon after USA conquest of the Philippines, Judge Magazine, 1900.

Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (author of 'Micrographia') died #OnThisDay in 1703.

"I'm not much but I'm all I have."
Philip K Dick, American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher died #OnThisDay in 1982.

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
#OnThisDay in 1802, Victor Hugo, poet, novelist and dramatist, was born in Besançon

In the 19th century, a valentine in the post could be an acidic insult ("vinegar valentines")
📷Bishopsgate Institute.