News tagged with john rylands library
Neurotic Ulsterman gives rich slice of eighteenth century life
(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigation into the life of an obscure but energetic eighteenth century Ulsterman has provided a vivid insight into early Hanoverian Britain.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
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One of world's largest Korans reunited by technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology is to enable scholars for the first time to study a complete manuscript of one of the world’s most important and largest Korans.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Protons for studying the Dead Sea Scrolls
Researchers of the National Laboratories of the South (LNS) in Catania of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN, Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics) have shed light on the origin of one of the extraordinary ...
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Text of Jewish exorcism discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare - and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Forgotten treasures shed new light on Little Grey Rabbit author
(PhysOrg.com) -- A suffragette poem, penned by a world-famous children’s author and kept privately at a University of Manchester Hall of Residence for over a century, has been made available online.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Cartographic treasures show little change in city life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique collection of rare Manchester maps reveals how worries about congestion and binge drinking were just as prevalent 100-years-ago as they are today.
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Private papers reveal ‘Who’s Who of British Science’
One of the most important archives of nineteenth-century science - stored in obscurity for over 100 years - has been reunited and acquired by the John Rylands University Library at The University of Manchester.
Jun 11, 2009 |
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