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Peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the History of Technology. Subscription information, submission guidelines, and free access to tables of contents and abstracts.

Traces the history of undersea cable communications, from the first telegraph cables used in 1850 to the fiber optic cables used today for the Internet.

Old time telegraphers tell their stories. Taken from early editions of Railroad Man's Magazine.

Biography of this African-American engineer and inventor, who developed and patented several inventions relating to telegraphy.

Offers a brief biography and a suggested reading list for more information.

Photo of the memorial to Adam Sedgwick in the village of Dent in Cumbria. Brief details of the 'Sedgwick Geological Trail'.

Biography of the co-founder of Burroughs Wellcome, who spent his boyhood on the Minnesota frontier. With footnotes and related links.

Publish work on all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. Includes free sample issue and instructions to authors.

Information about this prison reformer and minister of the Religious Society of Friends.

Resources including slave narratives, biographies of abolitionists, images, poetry, links, and further readings.

An overview that includes the impact of Hammurabi, the cult of Anu, the triads, and a chronology.

Extensive article on the revolution and counter-revolution in France.

Bibliographical pathfinder for the general reader with an interest in Canada's military heritage. From the National Library of Canada.

Dedicated to the history of Scotland's famous Black Watch regiment. Includes casualty rolls, descriptions of battles, badges and uniforms.

The story of the Rhodesian counter-insurgency force.

Online publication of quotes from Sir Walter Raleigh.

A history in pictures and text of MV Stockholm, the Swedish American vessel that collided with and sank Andrea Doria.

Information on the great ocean liner and her last captain, William Thomas Turner.

Displays of authentic items with photos.

Short biography with portrait and related links .

Images of highlights from this large collection, family tree, life chronology, and articles about the invention of the telegraph and Morse's efforts in the arts, politics, and photography.

Article by Michael Boylan on this key figure in ancient medicine and later writers within the Hippocratic tradition. Includes brief biographical information.

Statement in court prior to being sentenced to hang for his role in the alleged Haymarket Conspiracy.

Jenny B. Wahl of Carleton College describes the spread of slaveholding, its legal, social, and economic underpinnings, with graphs and tables of statistics.

Article describing her life (ca. 2300 BC) and work (hymns to Inanna).

A church history study guide on ancient Greek Religion.

Includes background, hostilities, foreign support, peace of Moscow, references and related links.

Dedicated to erecting a memorial in this parish, where eleven people who perished aboard the liner were from.

Complete text of the Ani Papyrus translated by Neil Parker.