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Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dies at age 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at the age of 87.




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On this day: Born May 11, 1984: Andres Iniesta, Spanish footballer

A shy village boy who could not bear to leave his parents' bed, Andres Iniesta may have seemed an unlikely candidate to become one of the best footballers of all time, but anyone who saw him play rarely had serious doubts.




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Hoops to Halo: Centuries of Games Kids Play

Workshop size is limited, please make a reservation at dchm@nyhistory.org.

Sun, 06/17/2012 -
14:30 to 16:30
Sun, June 17th, 2012 |
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Celebrate Father’s Day with a special family workshop all about games – parents and kids learn about historical games and build their own video game prototypes. A New-York Historical Society educator will lead families with children between ages 7-12 through galleries and behind-the-scenes to view different toys and games in the collection.

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Family Histories Through Video Storytelling

Great for grandparents! Pre-registration required.

Sun, 03/25/2012 - 11:30
Sun, March 25th, 2012 | 12:30 pm

Parents, grandparents and children come together and reflect on their family history by learning how to tell a story and record their history. Great for grandparents!

To pre-register, please e-mail familyprograms@nyhistory.org.

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Notes of a course of seven lectures on electrical phenomena and theories: delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, April 28-June 9, 1870 / by John Tyndall, LL.D. F.R.S

Archives, Room Use Only - QC531.T98 1884




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Lecture on galvanic batteries and electrical machines, as used in torpedo operations: arranged in three parts / John P. Merrell

Archives, Room Use Only - QC573.M47 1874




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Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph: now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore: illustrated by fourteen wood engravings / by Alfred Vail

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5123.V35 1845




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Telegraph instruments and appliances, telephone apparatus and fittings, fire alarm equipment, bells, batteries and general electrical supplies: catalogue no. 27.

Archives, Room Use Only - TK455.J43 1915




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Acts and resolutions passed at the third session of the Twenty-Seventh Congress of the United States: with an appendix, containing all public treaties made and ratified subsequently to the publication of the laws of the preceding session, and all proclama

Archives, Room Use Only - KF51 1842




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The submarine cable: the story of the submarine telegraph cable from its invention down to modern times: how it works, how cable-ships work, and how it carries on in peace and war / by S.A. Garnham and Robert L. Hadfield

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5661.G37 1934




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McNeill's code: arranged to meet the requirements of mining, metallurgical and civil engineers; directors of mining, smelting and other companies; bankers; stock and share brokers; solicitors, accountants, financiers and general merchants: safety and

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7677.M6 M36 1895




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The royal mail: its curiosities and romance / by James Wilson Hyde

Archives, Room Use Only - HE6935.H93 1889




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Telegraphy and how to learn it: with brief chapters on elementary science, embracing various kinds of electricity, electrical measurements, thermo-frictional electricity, batteries, magnets and magnetism / by Wilson Frederic

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5264.F74 1901




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Catalogue & price list of Post & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio: manufacturers of railway car trimmings, head-lights, lamps, etc., telegraph & telephone instruments & supplies, dealers in all kinds of railway supplies, metals, machinery, brass

Archives, Room Use Only - TK455.P67 1880




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Oakum pickings: a collection of stories, sketches, and paragraphs / contributed from time to time to the telegraphic and general press by John Oakum

Archives, Room Use Only - PN6161.P55 1876




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Elementary treatise on electric batteries / from the French of Alfred Niaudet ; translated by L.M. Fishback

Archives, Room Use Only - TK2941.N52313 1880




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Marvels of invention and scientific puzzles: being a popular account of many useful and interesting inventions and discoveries / by Gaston Tissandier and Henry Frith ; with many illustrations

Archives, Room Use Only - Q164.T5713 1890




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Text book on telegraph cable engineering / [Eastern Associated Telegraph Companies] ; edited by J.H. Stephens

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5481.E27 1925




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Montgomery Ward & Co.'s Complete lessons in telegraphy: with brief chapters on elementary science: embracing various kinds of electricity, electrical measurements, thermofractional electricity, batteries, magnets & magnetism / by Wilson F. Fre

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5262.F74 1901




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Illustrated catalogue and price list no. 13 of telegraph instruments, district telegraph supplies, hotel annunciators, house calls, burglar alarms, patented specialties, &c., &c. / manufactured exclusively by the National Electrical Manufacturing

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5295.N38 1895




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Illustrated descriptive catalogue of telegraph instruments & supplies and electrical apparatus: consisting of Morse telegraph instruments, battery and office supplies, line supplies, printing telegraph apparatus, burglar alarms, hotel and house calls,

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5295.W47 1875




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Memorial of Henry O'Rielly [sic]: concerning military highways or "stockade routes" for protecting travelers and settlers, facilitating mail and telegraph communication through vast interior territories, and rendering the United States indep

Archives, Room Use Only - HE336.E94 O74 1858




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Injuries to submarine cables / report of inter-departmental committee on injuries to submarine cables, with minutes of evidence and appendices

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7711.G74 1908




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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of Secretary of State relative to the relations of certain telegraph and cable companies.

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7713.U6 M47 1887




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Signal tactics: assimilated to the tactics of artillery, cavalry and infantry, prepared for the use of officers and enlisted men of the military and naval forces of the United States and adapted for the use of the National Guards and military academies /

Archives, Room Use Only - UG573.R44 1880




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Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph: now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore: illustrated by fourteen wood engravings / by Alfred Vail

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5123.V35 1847




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Memorial of Samuel Finley Breese Morse: including appropriate ceremonies of respect at the National Capitol, and elsewhere / published by order of Congress

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5243.M7 M46 1875




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The life story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, civil engineer: with which is incorporated the story of the Atlantic cable, and the first telegraph to India and the colonies / by Charles Bright

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5611.B85 1910




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Buell's mercantile cypher for condensing telegrams: relating to foreign news, market reports, financial matters, contracts, commissions, shipping, purchase and sales: quotations of stocks and securities, personal matters, etc., etc. ... / by J.S. Buel

Archives, Room Use Only - Z104.B84 1860




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Conférence Radiotélégraphique Internationale de Washington, 1927: listes des délégués des gouvernements et des représentants des compagnies et des organismes internationaux.

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5283.I58 1927




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Fifty years of "Via Eastern": a souvenir and record of the celebrations in connection with the jubilee of the Eastern Associated Telegraph Companies MCMXXII.

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7713.G7 E27 1922




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McNeill's code: arranged to meet the requirements of mining, metallurgical and civil engineers; directors of mining, smelting and other companies; bankers; stock and share brokers; solicitors, accountants, financiers and general merchants: safety and

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7677.M6 M36 1905




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La T.S.F. des amateurs: télégraphie, téléphonie: manuel pour la construction et l'utilisation des appareils récepteurs de télégraphie sans fil par ondes amorties et par ondes entretenues et des appareils de tél&

Archives, Room Use Only - TK9946.D87 1923




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The new general and mining telegraph code ...: alphabetically arranged for the use of mining companies, mining engineers, stockbrokers, financial agents, and trust and finance companies / by C. Algernon Moreing and Thomas Neal

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7677.M6 M67 1907




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A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins / by John Beckmann ; translated from the German by William Johnston

Archives, Room Use Only - T15.B3813 1846




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Catalogue and price list of household and experimental electrical supplies of superior quality and at moderate cost / J. Elliott Shaw & Co

Archives, Room Use Only - TK455.J34 1897




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Conservatoire national des arts et métiers: Musée: galeries de télégraphie et de téléphonie

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5107.5.F8 M66 1921




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Telephone directories / by R.B. Green and D.J. Halliday

Archives, Room Use Only - TK6169.G74 1939




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How to make and use electricity: a description of the wonderful uses of electricity and electro-magnetism, together with full instructions for making electric toys, batteries, etc., etc. / by George Trebel, A.M., M.D. ; containing over fifty illustrations

Archives, Room Use Only - QC527.T73 1895




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General railroad and telegraph laws of the State of Pennsylvania: including the acts relating to incline plane railways and street passenger railways, and such acts relative to corporations as affect railroad and telegraph companies, 1816-1883 / comp. and

Archives, Room Use Only - KFP301.A3 1884




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First-line hospitals tocome up in local bodies

The government has given the nod for establishing COVID First-line Treatment Centres (CFTC) in the State as a contingency measure. The CFTC will be th




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South African, US astronomers use MeerKAT to solve mystery of 'X-Galaxies'




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ECB brings back memories of Rashid foxing Kohli and Rahul




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India series behind closed doors might work for Oz, feels Khawaja




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E-cigarettes damage arteries just like regular cigarettes: Study




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Pak's eyewash for FATF review: Auctioning properties of ISI's blue-eyed, dead terrorist Mullah Mansour




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Sarah Silverman, Seth Rogen to unite for animated series




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Hacker gets access to Microsoft's private GitHub repositories




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Sci-fi comedy series 'Upload' gets the nod for season 2




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B'luru civic body's 'Pranavayu' to detect comorbidities