Report on the Barnhouse Effect
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On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force; With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light
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Relation of a Voyage from Boston to Newfoundland, for the Observation of the Transit of Venus, June 6, 1761
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On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Aether [Ether]
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Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
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R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots
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Experiments to Determine the Density of the Earth
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An Inquiry Into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations
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Erklarung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie
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Secondary Radiations Produced by X-Rays
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The Common Law
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Silver Print Photograph
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Indsendt. Ved nogle Forsøg, some jeg i Vinter anstillede i mine Forelæsninger over Electricitet, Galvanismus og Magnetismus [Submitted. On some experiments, which I performed this winter, in my lecturers on electricity, galvanism, and magnetism.]
THE DISCOVERY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM: THE EXTREMELY RARE TRUE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IN PRINT OF ØRSTED’S DEMONSTRATION OF THE MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, PRECEDING EVEN THE UNOBTAINABLE LATIN PAMPHLET THAT IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF HIS DISCOVERY. More
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De Rerum Natura libri sex. Ad optimorum Exemplarium fidem recensiti. [On the Nature of Things]
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Sur les corpuscules organisés qui existent dans l’atmosphère: Examen de la doctrine des générations spontanées (1861)
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Stuart Little: “Summer Memories” Signed Lithograph
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Remarques generales sur les Températures du globe terrestre et des espaces planétaires [Fourier]. WITH: Ueber den Einfluss des atmosphärischen Kohlensäuregehalts auf die Temperatur der Erdoberfläche [Arrhenius]
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[PROTEIN STRUCTURE]. The Structure of Proteins: Two Hydrogen-Bonded Helical Configurations of the Polypeptide Chain. WITH: The Pleated Sheet, a New Layer Configuration of Polypeptide Chains. WITH: A Three-Dimensional Model of the Myoglobin Molecule Obtained by X-Ray Analysis. WITH: Structure of Myoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 2 Å Resolution. WITH: Structure of Haemoglobin. A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 5.5-Å Resolution, Obtained by X-Ray Analysis. et al.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion
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The Big Sleep
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List of Displaced German Scholars
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