Rare ‘witch bottle’ — full of peculiar liquid to ward off evil — found in England
The glass vessel — dirty, but intact — was sealed with a cork and filled with a mysterious liquid. But before the workers ...
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Your next adventure: London, England
Discover London, England, through Irish’s lens ... located in an original warehouse building dating back to the 18th century at St. Katharine Docks near the Tower of London, is a historic ...
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Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu
The city was London, the church ... Trautmann, who has written extensively on late 18 th-century British intellectual thought in relation to India, argues in his book Aryans and British India ...
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Highway robbery in the 18th century
Robbery was a common crime in the 18th century. Highway robberies often happened on the streets and roads approaching London. A robber on foot was called a footpad and was often part of a gang.
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How an 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial of the modern age
The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for scurvy, may have ...