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Today Today is Independence Day celebrated in Mexico. 1630 Shawmut, Massachussetts, changed its name to Boston. 1782 Great Seal of the United States was used for the first time. 1857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine. 1919 American Legion is incorporated. Today's birthdays: 1822 Charles S. Crocker of Southern Pacific fame. 1924 Lauren Bacall, whistler. 1956 David Copperfield, Magician.

The purpose of the North Museum is to generate excitement, curiosity and life-long learning in the natural and physical sciences and technology by offering excellent programs, experiences, exhibits and a regional archive of well-preserved and curated collections to interest both children and adults. The Museum will foster strong community involvement to fulfill this purpose.

Time Exhibits: Other interesting exhibits on time.

As lighting systems and their applications become increasingly complex, it becomes more important than ever to discover how lighting works. The GE Lighting Institute offers a variety of demonstration lighting environments that provide you with ways to translate good lighting into profits for your business.

John Muir (1838-1914) was America's most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist. He has been called "The Father of our National Parks," "Wilderness Prophet," and "Citizen of the Universe." f our National Parks," "Wilderness Prophet," and "Citizen of the Universe." He once described himself more humorously, and perhaps most accurately, as, a "poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist etc. etc. !!!!"

National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine

The Library is one of six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland. The Library's collections are housed in the University Library and its four Dependent Libraries and contains over 7 million volumes in total.

Nicholas Culpeper, a legendary figure in the field of herbal medicine and author of The English Physitian, transcribed within, was a man of mystery and glory - a revolutionary who taxed the heirarchal politicos, challenged the procedures and policies of the clergy and championed the wonderings of common folk, much to the chagrin of the established pedantists.

Fuller, Thomas, 1654-1734.
Pharmacopoeia extemporanea : or, a body of prescripts. In which forms of select remedies, accommodated to most intentions of cure, are propos'd.
London: printed for B. Walford, 1710.
8 p.l., 443 p., [27] p.

The digital version of Fuch's Botany of 1545 was created by Richard Siderits, M.D. The volume consists of a dedicatory letter, an alphabetical index (table of contents) listing plant names, and 516 woodcuts of plants, some colored. All pages have been scanned at very high resolution with a color scanner. Files are large, typically about 800K. Each image represents two pages of the book. Comments on the scanning project may be addressed to Dr. Siderits.

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