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Eighteen-ninety-nine and all that

Nature volume 397, pages 15–18 (1999)Cite this article

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This year's occasions for anniversary celebrations include the invention of the Schnelltelegraph and aspirin, the unearthing of the Rosetta stone, many features of zinc, the first numerate pope, and information glut.

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  1. Worcester College, Oxford, OX1 2HB, UK

    J. L. Heilbron

  2. Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE, UK

    W. F. Bynum

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Heilbron, J., Bynum, W. Eighteen-ninety-nine and all that. Nature 397, 15–18 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/16134

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