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A British food ration book. Rationing was introduced during the Second World War (1939-45) and continued for some years after. Each book contained coupons that were required to buy certain foodstuffs in certain quantities...

Antibiotic resistance tests: Bacteria are streaked on dishes with white disks, each impregnated with a different antibiotic. Clear rings, such as those on the left, show that bacteria have not grown, indicating that these...

Some penicillium mold on mandarin oranges, probably Penicillium digitatum.

Synthetic production of penicillin by Professor Alexander Fleming, holder of the Chair of Bacteriology at London University, who first discovered the mould penicillin notatum, in his laboratory at St Mary's, Paddington...

A close-up of the Nile Mosaic (c. 2nd century BCE), depicting Ptolemaic ships with soldiers onboard. National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina.

A close-up of the Nile Mosaic (c. 2nd century BCE), depicting a police boat in Ptolemaic Egypt. National Archeological Museum of Palestrina.

A drawing of a 12-wind compass rose as imagined by the Ptolemaic admiral Timosthenes (3rd century BCE).

Statue of Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) in the Royal Library Gardens, Copenhagen.

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), drawing by Knud Gamborg (1828-1900). The Royal Library, National Collections Department, Prints and Photographs, Copenhagen.

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), litograph by J. Borchert, after the drawing of N.C. Kierkegaard, c. 1840. The Royal Library, National Collections Department, Prints and Photographs, Copenhagen.