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Who do you believe?
Whilst cataloguing books relating to the early days of the First World War, I couldn’t fail but notice various references to angels appearing during the Battle of Mons. The story goes that, as the Germans advanced towards Paris against the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels of Mons, Battle of Mons, First World War, Spiritualism
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Aircraft in War and Commerce
What has struck me about the University Library Tower Collection is how quickly new technologies were embraced in the early 20thCentury and how detailed, well informed books were quickly published. One of the most exciting new technologies of the day … Continue reading
Posted in Aircraft, First World War, Transport, War
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Law for the million
The home front in World War One has been rather neglected by researchers, but as we saw from last week’s post on cookery in war-time, the Tower collection contains a wealth of material on the subject. This 1917 edition … Continue reading
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“Hell with the lid off”
As regular readers will be aware, the Tower Project has reached the First World War. In amongst the usual school textbooks, novels and religious tracts we are now finding a good number of handbooks on soldiers’ duties, military drill and … Continue reading
The sinking of the Lusitania
This week of cataloguing I came across a rather sad and strange reminder that our project is gradually approaching the 1st world war. In my 1907’s shelf of books I found the ‘launch book’ for the Lusitania, the ocean liner … Continue reading
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Tagged destruction, engineering, First World War, war
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