Enlightenment Science
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Science & Materials
A Ship the Size of a City
In 1757, a Dominican professor studying hailstorms designed an airship as vast as Avignon. Though wildly impractical, hi…
Culture & History
The Sales Pitch in the Bouquet: How a Seed Catalogue Revolutionized Taste
Before the glossy catalogues of today, there was Robert Furber's revolutionary 'Flower-Garden Display'd.' This wasn't ju…