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Eighteen-ninety two and all that

Nature volume 355, pages 11–14 (1992)Cite this article

1992's anniversarial celebration encompasses the Old World and the New, by route of Tasmania. The Celsius scale and the revolutionary calendar join other births (Babbage) and deaths (Schrapnel) in this year's cornucopia.

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    W. F. Bynum

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Heilbron, J., Bynum, W. Eighteen-ninety two and all that. Nature 355, 11–14 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/355011a0

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