ART OF DRESS: CLOTHES AND SOCIETY 1500-1914, Jane Ashelford. Detailed history of Western costume in its social context through four centuries. In addition to a text full of valuable research, this
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The Royal Air Force developed a distinctive slang which has been documented in works such as Piece of Cake and the Dictionary of RAF slang.. The following is a comprehensive selection of slang terms
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Antique & historic toilets: this article describes early flush toilets such as the high-cistern flush toilet shown in our page top photo: this toilet is installed in the Samuel Morse home in
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For such a long-lasting group of animals, it is no surprise that trilobite evolutionary history is marked by a number of extinction events where some groups perished and surviving groups diversified to fill ecological niches with comparable or unique adaptations.
