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    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Humour & Satire

    Edward Lear’s Walk on a Windy Day (1860)

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
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    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
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    Travel & Exploration, The 'Other'

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    Essays

    The Spiralist

    The Spiralist

    By Dr Kevin Dann

    Why do helical seashells resemble spiralling galaxies and the human heart? Kevin Dann leads us into the gyre of James Bell Pettigrew’s Design in Nature (1908), a provocative and forgotten exploration of the world’s archetypal whorl. more

    5 Aug 2021