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Tag Archives: Animals
370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself
The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, 3rd Century, 4th Century BC, Animals, Art, Astronomy, Birds, Crows, Democritus, Great Britain, Greece, Hippolytus, Leonora Carrington, Mexico, Philosophy, Printmaking, Pseudo-Hippocrates, Women
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1655: Remedies
Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Eels, Fish, Frogs, Great Britain, Mammals, Medicine, Mice, Printmaking, Snakes, Thomas Lupton, Wasps, Weasels
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1863: Rat
Adolph von Menzel: Rat in the Gutter (c. 1863-1883)
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Tagged 1860's, Adolph von Menzel, Animals, Art, Germany, Mammals, Painting, Rats
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1869: Although He Was a Cow
Curious Dreams A writer in the “Argos” says: “I remember when a boy, sleeping in a strange house, in an old-fashioned room, with an oaken store cupboard over the bed. I dreamed that I was being murdered; the assassin struck … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1870's, 19th Century, Advertising, Animals, Art, Cows, Dreams, Food and Drink, Great Britain, Joseph Denovan Adam, Mammals, Murder, Painting, Scotland, USA, Weather
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1920: Bombyx
Jehan Frison: Le Bombyx (1920)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Belgium, Insects, Jehan Frison, Moths, Painting
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1918: Young Crow
Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Jan Mankes, Netherlands, Printmaking
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1865: O Roaches!
A quite common superstitious practice, in order to rid a house of Cockroaches, is in vogue in our country at the present time. It is no other than to address these pests a written letter containing the following words, or … Continue reading
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Animals, Books, Cockroaches, Folktales, Insects, Letters, Stamps, USA
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