CNN — The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for scurvy, may have drawn inspiration from the nephew of Sir Isaac Newton's laboratory ...
A rare 18th-century instrument hailed as the “Leonardo da Vinci of violins” is anticipated to fetch more than 10 million euros, or $10.6 million, when it heads to a French auction house in June. The ...
Descriptive catalogue of the physical instruments of the 18th century (including the Collection's Gravesande-Musschenbroek) in the Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natuurwetenschappen (National ...