March 2012
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Harley Science Project - Medieval and Earlier... →
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Fake fossils (Lithographiæ Wirceburgensis)
Professor Johann Bartholomeus Adam Beringer (ca. 1667 – 1738) of the faculty of medicine at the University of Würzburg was the victim of a famous early 18th century hoax, perpetrated on him by his colleagues ex-Jesuit J. Ignatz Roderick and Johann Georg von Eckhart, apparently in retaliation for Beringer’s habitual arrogance.
In 1725, the hoaxers carved limestone into the shapes of animals...
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Trove of free, public domain HD video - Boing... →
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Vesalius' Personal, Annotated Copy of De Humani... →