“William Buckland and his Wife and Son Frank, Examining Buckland’s Natural History Collection”, silhouette by Augustin Edouart ca. 1828.
Buckland was a geologist and palaeontologist, and was somewhat eccentric. He vowed to eat an example of every known animal.
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But I would never kiss anyone who doesn’t burn me like the sun.
Jens Lekman
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Tracks of meteors deriving from a radiant point during a meteor shower. Astronomy for the use of schools and academies. 1882.
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