@felicityhen

Literary scholar, historian of science, manuscript editor. Working on a new edition of the diary of Robert Hooke. Tweeting it at @HookesLondon.

 London
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Joined November 2009
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28 Sep 1676 - Hooke records London smog: 'ye cloud of Smoke over London 1/2 mile high & above 20 miles Long'
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ReadingEuclid@ReadingEuclid1 Dec 2016
WE WANT YOUR EUCLIDS! Tell us about your pre-1700 annotated copies of Euclid with British or Irish provenance readingeuclid.org/contact-us…
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Fab archival-themed Advent calendar from Sheffield Uni Special Collections shef.ac.uk/library/special/a…
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To allow ink to dry faster on paper historically sand, powdered cuttlefish bone or glass powder was carefully poured on. Some bits remain ..
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whoo.. who-ooo... CLANK! @_drsang's stories of early-modern ghosts getting disruptive manyheadedmonster.wordpress.…

Horrid ghosts of early modern England, part II: creeks, screeks and…bacon?

Laura Sangha In my last post I explained the protestant position on apparitions – which was that they were most likely to be the work of the devil. However, the evidence provided by a range of chea…

manyheadedmonster.com
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Felicity Henderson retweeted
London Museum@LDN_Museum24 Oct 2016
Medieval devotional badge of St Dorothy said to protect wearer from storms, fire and sudden death. More: ow.ly/XRM4305fjmQ #AppleDay
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And people ask me why I live in the UK...! xitter.cf/edyong209/status/79048…
Ed Yong is not here
@edyong20924 Oct 2016
AMAZING! ❤️spiders theguardian.com/australia-ne…

In Australia: giant spider carrying a mouse is horrifying and impressive

Forget pizza rat and cigarette crab and prepare yourself for spider mouse, the super strong and very hungry Australian arachnid

theguardian.com
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whoo... whoo-ooo... @_drsang shares stories of horrid ghosts in early-modern England manyheadedmonster.wordpress.…

Dramatic news of the horrid ghosts of early modern England, part I

Laura Sangha This is the first of three posts on early modern ghosts. Part 2 is here. Part 3 was published on All Hallow’s Eve and can be seen here. In seventeenth-century England the sepulch…

manyheadedmonster.com
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Andrew Janes@cartivist14 Oct 2016
Thanks to @LdnMetArchives for hosting #AflConf2016 & to @felicityhen, @BlitzHistory & the other excellent speakers.
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The @Royalsociety celebrates Open Access week - read all their journal content free until 6 November. rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.…
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Fancy a walk into London's bibliophilic past? This tour of libraries c. 1708 sounds fantastic! goo.gl/BrOnbK
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Andrea Wulf@andrea_wulf30 Jul 2016
"Buch an Board" - I love that Germans get 1kg of extra luggage on flights for books on holidays.
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Like many Australians, it turns out that koalas are smarter than they look bbc.co.uk/news/world-austral…

Clever koalas learn to cross the road safely

Koalas have quickly learned to use wildlife passageways to cross busy roads in Australia's Queensland state as they move between habitats.

bbc.co.uk
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Ralph Thoresby seems to have had neater writing than Robert Hooke though ... ;)
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Great post from @_drsang on why historians might choose to use diaries as sources manyheadedmonster.wordpress.… #histsources
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In the meantime to celebrate Hooke's b'day you might like to read my latest blog post mv.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/
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Hey, happy birthday Robert Hooke! Sorry my new edition of your diary is going so slowly... I promise I'll get there in the end
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Why does the @britishlibrary now store EVERYTHING I WANT in Boston Spa???
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