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A Brief History of the First Planetarium

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In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had an...
In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had an idea: Could you project an artificial starry sky onto a dome, as a way of demonstrating astronomical principles to the public?It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached the Carl Zeiss company in Jena, Germa...

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The Most Decorated Battleship in U.S. History Gets an Overdue Face-Lift

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U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticIt has been 34 years since the Battleship New Jersey was last pulled out of...
U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticIt has been 34 years since the Battleship New Jersey was last pulled out of the water for maintenance.Roughly 45,000 sailors and Marines served on the U.S.S. New Jersey’s decks in World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Lebanese Civil...

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Empty Frames and Other Oddities from the Unsolved Gardner Museum Heist

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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.After 34 years, not one of the 13 works stolen during the largest art theft in history has surfaced but the puzzling peculiarities of the case still draw interest.In the pre-da...

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America's Last Top Models

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The U.S. system was also unique in that no other country required a model to accompany...
The U.S. system was also unique in that no other country required a model to accompany a patent application. The reasons why soon became clear. As early as the eighteen-thirties, the collection had outgrown the Patent Office’s cramped headquarters at the former Blodgett’s Hotel. In 1836, a fire destroyed at least se...

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Surrealism Is 100. The World's Still Surreal

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Empty Frames and Other Oddities from the Unsolved Gardner Museum Heist

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Surrealism Is 100. The World's Still Surreal