Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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    And New Yorkers Think the Gowanus Canal Is Bad

    Scientist Michael Faraday’s 1855 letter about the “feculence” of the River Thames.

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    “This Is a Great Day with Me”

    Alexander Graham Bell reflects on the very first telephone call in a letter to his father.