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A meeting of a club of patriotic women in a church during the French Revolution (1789-1799). Alongside the more famous political clubs of the era (i.e. the Jacobins, Cordeliers), some clubs were created to advocate for women's rights, most...

Théroigne de Méricourt (1762-1817), the "Amazon of the French Revolution". Engraving by Auguste Raffet, c. 1817

Apollo with the Hours, oil on canvas by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1785–1847), c. 1822. Güstrow City Museum.

Allegory of Peace, an allegory of the peace and happiness of the state; depicted are Dike (justice), Eunomia (order), and in the centre, Eirene (peace), oil on canvas by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, Barcelona...

A map showing the layout of the innovative pre-fabricated Renkioi Hospital designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) for use during the Crimean War (1853-6). Map drawn by John Brunton.

A c. 1860 photograph of the English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) who greatly improved survival rates in military hospitals during the Crimean War (1853-56) and lobbied the British government for better facilities leading to the...

A plan of the innovative pre-fabricated Renkioi hospital designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) for use during the Crimean War (1853-6).

Silver coin of Roman emperor Augustus, with a capricorn on the reverse, minted 27-20 BCE. The British Museum, London.

The typewriting telegraph invented by David E Hughes (c. 1829-1900) in 1855. The machine could transform telegraph messages into written text. (Science Museum, London)

A section of the first electrical telegraph cable, used for a machine invented by William Fothergill Cook and Charles Wheatstone in London in 1837. Made of copper and wood, the cable was first used underground before it was decided to suspend...