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  1. pigsonthewing

    Thomas Bolton, microscopist (c.1831-1887)

    I recently wrote a Wikipedia article about Thomas Bolton, a Birmingham businessman, who had a thriving Victorian-era business supplying specimens of pond life, by post, to customers with microscopes. His contributions to science have more recently been largely overlooked...
  2. ASTONITE

    Science Museum Newhall Street

    Thread combined to another thread and some posts regarding the thinktank placed in new thread. Does anyone know which year Elkingtons closed down and the science museum opened? I know the Birmingham Mail printed photos of Elkingtons closing,(I think they moved to Bloxwich) and would like to...
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