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The famous #graduation song is a send-off fit for a king! It was originally written for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, but evolved to be used during ceremonies for accomplished graduates.
The interesting #history:
https://theconversation.com/how-a-british-military-march-became-the-distinctive-sound-of-american-graduations-230060
How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations
For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.The Conversation
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens experienced a major eruption, darkening the skies in Eastern Washington as ash drifted east in the wind pattern.
Here’s a look back at my grandparents experience from the Tri-Cities area:
https://ingallswx.com/2018/01/30/first-hand-accounts-of-mount-st-helens-1980-eruption/
#Washington #geology #volcano #history
First hand accounts of Mount St. Helens’ 1980 eruption
Author’s Note: This part of a weekly series on geology for a class I am taking this semester at BYU-Idaho. This week’s prompt required students to interview somebody who had firsthand experience wi…Ingalls Weather
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Date: 1926
Creator: Unknown
Place: Dessau, Germany
Size: 3.8 × 5.2 cm
Material: Gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104FCS
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
[Bauhaus, Dessau] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
[Bauhaus, Dessau] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1926; Unknown; Gelatin silver print; 3.8 × 5.2 cm (1 1/2 × 2 1/16 in.); 85.XP.260.49www.getty.edu
#OnThisDay, 18 May 1953, Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman pilot to break the sound barrier.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons
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Date: about 1737
Creator: Francesco Salvator Fontebasso, Italian
Size: 42.3 × 27.6 cm
Material: Black chalk
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1095TV
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Three Studies of the Head of a Youth (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Three Studies of the Head of a Youth (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1737; Francesco Salvator Fontebasso (Italian, 1707 - 1769); Black chalk; Unframed: 42.3 × 27.6 cm (16 5/8 × 10 7/8www.getty.edu
"Every so often, a cause ignites a sustained fury on college campuses across the nation. In 2020, it was Black Lives Matter. In 2011, it was Occupy Wall Street. In the 1980s, it was apartheid in South Africa.
Today, it’s the Israeli military campaign in Gaza."
Here are five books that shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s – compiled by veteran journalist Steve Friess.
https://theconversation.com/5-books-to-help-you-better-understand-todays-campus-protests-229166
#campusprotests #books #history @histodons
5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.The Conversation
The 5 to 10 millimeter long official first ancestor of scorpions, spiders, and horseshoe crabs from hundreds of millions of years ago was just described, named Setapedites abundantis, and is undergoing further study https://phys.org/news/2024-05-discovery-ancestors-scorpions-spiders-horseshoe.html
#science #history #arthropods #paleontology #scorpions #spiders #HorseshoeCrabs #evolution #biology #fossil #fossils
Discovery of the first ancestors of scorpions, spiders and horseshoe crabs
Who were the earliest ancestors of scorpions, spiders and horseshoe crabs? A Ph.D. student from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), with the support of a CNRS researcher, has identified a fossil that fills the gap between modern species and tho…Science X (Phys.org)
"In 1912, Oskar von Miller, an electrical engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, had an idea: Could you project an artificial starry sky onto a dome, as a way of demonstrating astronomical principles to the public?"
https://spectrum.ieee.org/planetarium-history
#science #space #planetarium #history
A Brief History of the World’s First Planetarium
Crowds flocked to see an artificial starry sky projected onto a domeAllison Marsh (IEEE Spectrum)
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Date: negative 1854; print 1856
Creator: Auguste Salzmann, French
Place: Jerusalem, Israel; Jerusalem, Palestine
Size: 33.3 × 23.8 cm
Material: Salted paper print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104B40
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Jérusalem. Saint-Sépulcre. Face Ouest - Rue du Patriarche (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Jérusalem. Saint-Sépulcre. Face Ouest - Rue du Patriarche (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); negative 1854; print 1856; Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824 - 1872), Louis Désiréwww.getty.edu
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Date: about 1920
Creator: Arthur F. Kales, American
Size: 34.3 × 26.8 cm
Material: Toned gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/106NZP
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[Barbara La Marr in Peasant Costume Seated on Stage Step with Large Wooden Box Behind Her] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
[Barbara La Marr in Peasant Costume Seated on Stage Step with Large Wooden Box Behind Her] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1920; Arthur F. Kales (American, 1881 - 1936); Toned gelatinwww.getty.edu
#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive.
A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen.
After her return, Leigh carried documents and equipment such as guns and explosives around her network's area. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, she was executed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
Mother's Day just passed, but let's remember the Indigenous women who couldn't be mothers because of the stеriIizаtion programs led by the US like in the 1940s against Mexicans under California's 1909 Eugenics law or the 1970 law that stеriΙzed at least 25% of Native American women
#indigenous #history #women #uspol
"In 1959, a #coffee maker was an optional extra in #Volkswagen cars.
The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine was the first and only known dashboard-mounted #coffeemaker. Manufactured in 1959 specifically for the Volkswagen Beetle, it came with porcelain cups which could stick to the machine magnetically."
#antique #history
Pioneering geologist & oceanographer Marie Tharp changed our understanding of the ocean.
When Tharp sought a geology job at Columbia in 1948, women couldn’t go on research ships. So she was hired to assist male grad students.
Back then, many scientists still assumed the bottom of the ocean was featureless. Tharp figured out how to use data to create sketches of the ocean floor. Her hand-drawn maps helped develop plate tectonic theory. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/marie-tharp #science #history
Marie Tharp
Learn about Marie Tharp, a pioneering ocean mapper who discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and proved the validity of the theory of continental drift.National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
“Willis is not only credited to be the founder of neurology, but he is also seen as the father of comparative neuroanatomy, as his work, in particular Cerebri anatome and De anima brutorum, compare the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’ (Molnár, p. 334).”
#History #Science #STEM #HistSci #Anatomy #Neurology #Neuroanatomy #EarlyModern #C17th #17thCentury #Histodon #Histodons @science @earlymodern @histodon @histodons
#Image attribution: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portret_van_Thomas_Willis,_RP-P-1910-415.jpg
Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
Willis, Opera omnia (Amsterdam: Heinricus Wetstein, 1682), frontispiece. Portrait of Thomas (engraving by David Loggan, 1667) Thomas Willis was born on 27 January 1621 to Thomas Willis (d. 1643) an…St John's College Library, Oxford
Did you know that #Roman road design included #safety features?
In the ruins of #Pompeii, you'll notice small white stones interspersed with the large paving ones along the extensive roads.
Those white #stones are 'cats eyes', i.e. gems that have a single line of inclusion of crystals of another mineral inside.
Upon light reflective on them (from the #moon), they enable the walker to see that they are still on the right path!
https://youtu.be/74n6TgXbgAQ?si=56oPfp7mG1ENxflN
Ancient street in Pompeii showing white stones to make it easier to see at night.
Street in Pompeii, it starts in the sun and the dark part is a shadow from a wall. Unfortunately the cameras automatic exposure kicks in when it’s dark and t...YouTube
Turns out? The #craft and #art of #woodworking and construction is a LOT older than previously thought. Like, older than homo sapiens older!
> 476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites early human history. https://www.earth.com/news/476000-year-old-ancient-woodworking-discovery-rewrites-early-human-history/
#history #prehistory #Paleoanthropology
476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites history • Earth.com
Ancient woodworkings found in Zambia suggest early humans built complex structures and were more settled than previously thoughtSanjana Gajbhiye (Earth.com)
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Date: about 1595
Creator: Federico Zuccaro, Italian
Size: 27.4 × 26 cm
Material: Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, over black chalk and touches of red chalk
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/108ET8
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Taddeo Leaving Home Escorted by Two Guardian Angels (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Taddeo Leaving Home Escorted by Two Guardian Angels (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); about 1595; Federico Zuccaro (Italian, about 1541 - 1609); Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, overwww.getty.edu
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Date: 1871
Creator: Bruno Braquehais, French
Place: Paris, France
Size: 17.2 × 22.1 cm
Material: Albumen silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10475G
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[Commune barricade] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
[Commune barricade] (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); 1871; Bruno Braquehais (French, 1823 - 1875); Albumen silver print; Image: 17.2 × 22.1 cm (6 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.); 84.XP.687.20www.getty.edu
Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail 🤓
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01387-9
Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail
Google scientists have modelled a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution, revealing cells with previously undiscovered features.Wong, Carissa
476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites history
https://www.earth.com/news/476000-year-old-ancient-woodworking-discovery-rewrites-early-human-history/
So, 175,000 years before Homo Sapiens arrived on the scene someone was notching logs together to build something. Huh.
#history
476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites history • Earth.com
Ancient woodworkings found in Zambia suggest early humans built complex structures and were more settled than previously thoughtSanjana Gajbhiye (Earth.com)
“I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”
#OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.
Read a brief history of Truth’s life: https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/sojourner-truth/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
Life Story: Sojourner Truth - Women & the American Story
This is the story of Sojourner Truth, an enslaved woman who became one of the most important social justice activists in American history.Women & the American Story
✨Brand New Episode – Rhetorical Fireworks ✨
It’s 403 BCE and representing the patricians, Appius Claudius fights with the tribunes of the plebs over the terms of military service in Rome's war with Veii.
Get ready for some rhetorical fireworks 💥🧨💥
#Podcast #AncientRome #History @antiquidons @histodons
https://partialhistorians.com/2024/05/09/episode-150-rhetorical-fireworks/
Episode 150 - Rhetorical Fireworks - The Partial Historians
The patrician Appius Claudius fights with the tribunes of the plebs over the terms of military service in Rome's war with Veii.The Partial Historians
#OnThisDay, 8 May 1946, Estonian teens Aili Jürgenson and Ageeda Paavel blew up a Soviet war memorial in response to Soviet destruction of Estonian war memorials. They served eight years in the gulag as punishment. In 1988 they were awarded the Estonian Order of the Cross of the Eagle to recognise their fight.
We only have a photo of Aili Jürgenson.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EuropeanHistory
When you look at the facts of the Trump indictment — not imagined hypothetical scenarios — there is no way the Constitution grants him immunity from prosecution.
(Samuel Breidbart, Brennan Center for Justice)
Two centuries of U.S. constitutional history make clear that Donald Trump is liable to criminal prosecution.
#Constitution
#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #History #Immunity #Justice #Crime #Elections
#ElectionInterference #Fascism #Fascist #Trumpism #Corruption
It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.
200 years ago today, Beethoven premiered his instantly beloved Symphony No. 9 in D minor.
Widely praised as a groundbreaking composition, the symphony has and continues to influence artists across the cultural spectrum, and to spark joy.
https://theconversation.com/beethovens-ninth-symphony-at-200-revolutionary-work-of-art-has-spawned-two-centuries-of-joy-goodwill-and-propaganda-221734
#history #music #art #Histodons @histodons