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Ultimately, I decided to select books that were referenced (directly or indirectly) in the text, as well as volumes that Nemo might have consulted about some of the landmarks that he encounters during his undersea adventures.
(13/n)
Asking people to pick a favorite star could provoke a #Sirius controversy...
(Illustration of Canis Major & Lepus from @LindaHall_org's copy of Urania's Mirror, 1825: https://t.co/oVAURrgZ8Q)
#badpun #astronomy #constellations https://t.co/SRE7VgFbub
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer known for his emphasis on measurement and record keeping, is @LindaHall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay.
https://t.co/dR2GSVnVtG
#histSTM #Geography #infographic
#NaturalHistory #NatHist
#ICYMI: @EdwinRose3 (2017-18 *and* 2022-23 LHL Fellow) received an @ahrcpress research grant to explore the relationship b/w politics & natural history during the Age of Revolutions (1776-1848).
Check out the project's @CambridgeHPS website: https://t.co/8H9rRCCwzN [8/16]
Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist and student of Linnaeus, is @Lindahall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay.
These ornithological illustrations are from @SILibraries' copy of Sparrman's Museum carlsonianum (1786-9).
https://t.co/LahjzbY9M1
#histSTM #sciart
#nathist #birds
The microscopic world is beautiful. Just look at all those Perty pictures!
Josef Anton Maximilian Perty, German naturalist who published an illustrated treatise on #protozoa in 1852, is @LindaHall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay.
https://t.co/lL28sRYIb7
#histSTM #biology #histbio
@historifans Musicology, sociology, and anime in one article? Well done! (Or perhaps I should say...)
A few of the inhabitants of "The Antediluvian World," as portrayed by John Emslie, English illustrator and engraver, is @LindaHall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay!
https://t.co/ra2xoeP6fX
#histSTM #paleoart #sciart
William Henry Smith, English bookseller who somehow became First Lord of the Admiralty and likely inspired the character of Sir Joseph Porter in #GilbertAndSullivan's #HMSPinafore, is @LindaHall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay.
https://t.co/Hpp0Tc2p1A
#histSTM #opera
#MonarchOfTheSea