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This is the third Strasbourg astronomical clock which is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was built in 1843, the first clock was built 1352-1354.

Paleotechnic Machines in the Middle Ages

Review of Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art, by E.R. Truitt (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)
… period. These medieval machines included mechanical water and steam powered clocks, mechanical knights and …
Iceberg, St. Lunaire.

A Postcard from Newfoundland

… In 1497, Venetian explorer John Cabot declared that the waters off the coast Newfoundland were so rich with cod that …
In order, India’s Indira Gandhi, Pakistan’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

After Midnight

Review of Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition, by John Keay (New York: Basic Books, 2014)
… , begins in these same mangroves, where the maze of waterways serves as a metaphor for the subcontinent’s …
President Reagan in February 1985.

Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?

… after the triple blows to the American psyche of Vietnam, Watergate and an economic crisis that lingered into the …
Napoleon, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Frederick William III and Queen Louise of Prussia in Tilsit.

The Global Reach of the Napoleonic Wars

Review of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, by Alexander Mikaberidze (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
… battles, such as Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Borodino, and Waterloo , all occurred either in Europe or close to it. But …
FLN soldiers next to an Algerian Flag, by Zdravki Pecar, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace

On Sunday, 18 March 1962, the Algerian War for Independence came to an end.
… the French side of Lake Geneva better known for its bottled water than its role in diplomatic history: Evian-les-Bains. …
A view of New York City behind Secretary Gale Norton in a lower Manhattan office space in 2006.

Downsizing Becomes Normal

… rash of downsizing throughout the 1990s represents a major watershed in American experience. Layoffs have ripped the …