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Alchemy Database

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Description: The Alchemy Database is an extensive lists of about 4000 manuscripts from over 100 libraries includes most of the major collections of such...
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Ancient Roman Technology (website down)

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Description: Ancient Roman Technology (ART) is an extensive website based at the University of North Carolina covering all aspects of Roman technology. The site...
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Archimedes

Type: Website
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Description: A substantial miscellany of items relating to the ancient mathematician and technologist Archimedes of Syracuse (?287-212BC), compiled by Dr Chris...
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Archimedes Palimpsest

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Description: The Archimides Palimpsest is a website devoted to the oldest surviving manuscript containing the work of the Greek thinker, Archimedes of Syracuse...
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Asclepion

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Description: Created by Professor N.Demand (Indiana University Bloomington), The Asclepion presents a series of brief introductory pages and links to the...
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Astrolabe

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Description: An introduction to the astrolabe, this site provides a clear, detailed account of the astronomical instrument's history and the principles behind...
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Classic papers from History of Chemistry

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Description: Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry is an online repository of primary source documents maintained by the ChemTeam, a US organisation. The...
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Classic papers from History of Psychology

Type: Website
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Description: Classics in the History of Psychology is a project to provide online transcripts of noteworthy texts from the history and prehistory of the...
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Cosmology notes

Type: Website
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Description: This is an extensive set of introductory lecture notes and information on the history and science of cosmology, from ancient times through to...
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Euclid's work, an introduction

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Description: The website Introduction to the Works of Euclid deals with the life and work of the Greek mathematician, Euclid (c. 300 BC). The site has been...
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Greek and Roman science and technology

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Description: This resource is designed to introduce undergraduate students to science and technology in ancient Greece and Rome by providing much useful...
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M@nilius (site down as of 1/11)

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Description: This site is devoted to the study of the first century AD Latin poet Marcus Manilius, whose best known work is the Astronomica, a 4500 line...
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Medicina Antiqua

Type: Website
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Description: Medicina Antiqua (ancient medicine) is a website hosted by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL and intended as a central...
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Starry messenger

Type: Website
Status: Public
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Description: This site, from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, is a sizeable reference resource for students...
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The Medieval science Page

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Description: This site provides a comprehensive set of links to all Internet resources worldwide which deal with aspects of medieval science, both in Western...
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The Medieval Technologies pages

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Status: Public
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Description: The Medieval Technology Pages are an attempt to provide accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in...
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