A Letter From M. Christian Mayer, Astronomer to the Elector Palatine, to Mr. N. N. on the Going of a new Pendulum Clock, Made by Mr. John Arnold, and set up in the Elector’s Observatory at Manheim. (T
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.