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Antique Pianos from New England and New York

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

The Estey organ and piano became a dominate name for antique pianos. Jacob Estey was born on a farm in Hinsdale, NH, 1814. He had to leave his home at four years of age to work on a neighboring farm where he had to stay until he was thirteen years old when he ran away [...]

Categories: Music Info, Online History
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A Few Thoughts on the Origin of Species

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Charles Darwin wrote for a generation who had not accepted evolution and who could not imagine the descent of man from a primate ancestor, let alone a simple cell organism. Darwin did his work so well that his notion of “descent with modification” is now universally accepted as the order of nature in the organic [...]

Categories: College Education, Hall Of Science, Online History
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