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Dictionary of the Scots Language
"The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND)." The introductory material is very interesting.
to dictionary etext history language scotland scots ... on 11 July 2014
Dropping In on Gottfried Leibniz—Stephen Wolfram Blog
A nice overview of Leibniz's contributions to computational thinking, with many photos of his notes.
to ag0700 computational-thinking computing history leibniz maths retrocomputing ... on 10 July 2014
Reverse-engineering the planet display in the Antikythera mechanism.
to antikythera astronomy history mechanica retrotech reverse-engineering ... on 22 June 2014
I managed to waste most of Saturday morning reading back in this blog. I must actually visit Beamish again at some point...
to bus history industry rail retrotech tram transport ... on 04 June 2014
AmericanRadioHistory.Com - Documenting the History of Radio TV and FM broadcasting
Scanned radio and TV magazines.
to history magazines radio retrotech tv ... on 28 April 2014
First-Hand Histories - GHN: IEEE Global History Network
Some remarkably detailed stories here. The one on SAGE and its successors is particularly interesting.
to computing history ieee retrocomputing retrotech ... on 07 March 2014
Key innovations in the history of computing -- and the degree to which patents had anything to do with them.
to history innovation invention patent retrocomputing ... on 05 March 2014
Scanned versions of the books that the MIT Rad Lab produced after the end of WW2 about their work on radar (as referenced in documents on the Manchester Baby computer).
to electronics etext history mit radar radio retrotech ww2 ... on 09 February 2014
"My purpose in selecting- The Harvard Classics was to provide the literary materials from which a careful and persistent reader might gain a fair view of the progress of man observing , recording, inventing, and imagining from the earliest historical times to the close of the nineteenth century."
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tasty by Adam Sampson.