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minotaurmutual · 3 days

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The future is a benevolent black hole.

Sagittarius A* / Kathy Acker, Pussy, King of the Pirates / Outer Wilds (2020) / Is There a God-Shaped Hole at the Heart of Mathematics? / Drain for overflowing water at Sambuco Dam, Lavizzara Valley / ? / Thomasin Frances, Hole Theory (15/10/2022) / Bryan’s Ground, a public garden in Herefordshire on the Welsh border. / odd, weird, strange and unusual / Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves / Illustration of the Annular Eclipse of 1836 from “A fourteen weeks course in descriptive astronomy”, Joel Dorman Steele (1836-1886) / @imdad_barbhuyan on Instagram / The moon’s Copernicus crater. Through magic glasses. 1890. / Kaveh Akbar / Darina Muravjeva, Hole / Hilde Heynen in Heterotopia and the City / x / Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers / x / Louise Glück, from Descending Figure / Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay. / Caitlyn Siehl, What We Buried; from “A Letter To Love” / Lara de Moor, Orb (2014) / Sam Sax, Pig / The National - Wake Up Your Saints / Aleksander Rostov / Sanna Wani, from “Princess Mononoke (1997)”, My Grief, the Sun / Gregory Orr, [i want to go back] / James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room / Massive sinkhole swallows house in Florida / Edna St Vincent Millay, in Letters (1952) /Silent Hill 4 (2004) / Anne Boyer, What Resembles the Grave But Isn’t / Law of Holes / Scarlet Hollow (2021) / Lucy Dacus - Cartwheel

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othmeralia · 2 years

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On This Day in Science History

The passenger pigeon became extinct as the last surviving bird of the colorful native American species of dove died at the Cincinnati Zoo. The passenger pigeon was hunted to extinction; the fact that it traveled and nested in large flocks made it easy to slaughter. The adult male passenger pigeon had grey upper parts, the tips of the wings and the tail were black; its throat was a dark rust, while its breast was a lighter rust; its eyes were red. The adult female was of a duller color, with brownish upper parts and a lighter, brownish throat and breast; its eyes were black.

Citation: Steele, Joel Dorman, and Jenks, J. W. P. (John Whipple Potter). “Figure 261. Passenger Pigeon.” Popular Zoology. New York, New York: Chautauqua Press, 1887.

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uwmspeccoll · 3 years

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Science Saturday: Geology

Today we present The Story of the Rocks: Fourteen Weeks in Popular Geology by Joel Dorman Steele, published in 1877 by the American Book Company and the press of A. S. Barnes & Co., both companies known for publishing educational textbooks. The Story of the Rocks is part of Steele’s “Fourteen Weeks Series in Natural Science,” covering chemistry, physics, zoology, astronomy, and even a book titled Hygienic Physiology, Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics.

Joel Dorman Steele (1836-1886) was an American educator who wrote many books in collaboration with his wife Esther Baker Steele, in a wide array of subjects pertaining to history and science.

Joel references his experiences with teaching students in his book and advises other teachers to make use of their local paleontology when instructing their students, arguing that people learn best when they can associate what they are learning with physical objects.

He wrote that the goals for his books were:

“To make science interesting by omitting the minutiae which are of value only to the scientific man, and by presenting alone those points of general importance with which every well-informed person wishes to become acquainted. The thing is of more value than a name. A pleasant fact will be recollected long after an unpronounceable term has been forgotten. Therefore, only enough geologic nomenclature is used to make the study systematic, to awaken a love for the order of nature, and to afford a plan around which other knowledge may crystallize.”

It is also notable that there are many references to God and Christianity in the book, which goes along with the principles of natural theology, a popular concept during the rise of modern science. One of the main principles of natural theology is that studying nature is a religious endeavor since the natural world was considered to be God’s creation.

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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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curiouscatalog · 2 years

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From: Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. A brief history of the United States. New York : American Book Company, 1885

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onebookonepen · 6 years

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Hygienic Physiology: With Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Dr. Joel Dorman Steele. Year: 1886

The skeleton is the image of death. Its unsightly appearance instinctively repels us. We have seen, however, what uses it subserves in the body, and how the ugly-looking bones abound in nice contrivances and ingenious workmanship.

p. 29

In the preface Steele says he meant this as a book for school-age children. A bit morbid if you ask me (some of the drawings are spectacularly creepy really and it talks about opium at length). This book also has a stamp from a book seller where either my great-grandma or her mother bought it. ‘E.S. German’s Son’ at 28 South Second Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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blprompt · 4 years

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Image taken from page 16 of 'The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology'

Image taken from: Title: "The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology" Author: STEELE, Joel Dorman. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 7109.aaa.47." Page: 16 Place of Publishing: New York and Chicago Date of Publishing: 1873 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003486451 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 16) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 16 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot https://ift.tt/2MYTn0M

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othmeralia · 2 years

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May 24 is National Escargot Day

It's a little morbid, I guess, but we thought we would celebrate this little holiday by showcasing one of the few snails in our collection. Seen in this image, in the bottom right, is a land-snail with a solid view of the foot, mouth, and tentacles.

Photo credit: Steele, Joel Dorman, and Jenks, J. W. P. (John Whipple Potter). “Figure 62. Dorid Nudibranch. Figure 63. Dextral and Sinistral Fresh-Water Univalve. Figure 64. Land-Snail.” Popular Zoology. New York, New York: Chautauqua Press, 1887.

#snails #slugs #escargot #national escargot day #oui oui #modern collection #digital collections #digitized #zoology #othmeralia

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othmeralia · 6 years

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We are late to the International Cat Day party, but we made it! This serious looking feline comes from the pages of Popular Zoology (1887) by J. Dorman Steele. Meow!

#international cat day #cats #scientific illustration #19th century #joel dorman steele #othmeralia #zoology

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othmeralia · 2 years

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Happy humpday y'all.

Image: Steele, Joel Dorman, and Jenks, J. W. P. (John Whipple Potter). “Figure 382. Bactrian Camel.” Popular Zoology. New York, New York: Chautauqua Press, 1887.

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blprompt · 7 years

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Image taken from page 90 of 'The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology'

Image taken from: Title: "The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology" Author: STEELE, Joel Dorman. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 7109.aaa.47." Page: 90 Place of Publishing: New York and Chicago Date of Publishing: 1873 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003486451 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 90) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 90 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot http://ift.tt/2tGE8Qe

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blprompt · 7 years

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Image taken from page 129 of 'The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology'

Image taken from: Title: "The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology" Author: STEELE, Joel Dorman. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 7109.aaa.47." Page: 129 Place of Publishing: New York and Chicago Date of Publishing: 1873 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003486451 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 129) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 129 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot http://ift.tt/2sMLFua

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blprompt · 7 years

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Image taken from page 189 of 'The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology'

Image taken from: Title: "The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology" Author: STEELE, Joel Dorman. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 7109.aaa.47." Page: 189 Place of Publishing: New York and Chicago Date of Publishing: 1873 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003486451 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 189) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 189 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot http://ift.tt/2r564gM

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blprompt · 7 years

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Image taken from page 77 of 'The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology'

Image taken from: Title: "The Story of the Rocks. Fourteen weeks in popular geology" Author: STEELE, Joel Dorman. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 7109.aaa.47." Page: 77 Place of Publishing: New York and Chicago Date of Publishing: 1873 Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003486451 Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 77) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 77 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here. from BLPromptBot http://ift.tt/2qJYtkd

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