Uh-oh! Someone must have moved this page when running it through the printing press. It’s askew! This is kind of common in older books but still a fun surprise when I come across it!

Fourth book of occult philosophy (1655).

Delivery!

Typically when we receive a new book in the mail it is boxed up nice and snug. Occasionally we get… well.. this. This book came wrapped in a little bit of cardboard which appears to be from a fire starter. Oh! And this book was shipped to us in Philadelphia, PA, from the United Kingdom!

What is the weirdest way you’ve received a book in the mail?

Science History Institute Joins Independent Research Libraries Association

Have you heard the news!? The Science History Institute (our “parent” organization) has joined the Independent Research Libraries Association!

We are so excited and honored to be part of this prestigious group; we are humbled to be recognized alongside such esteemed organizations as the American Philosophical Society, the  Morgan Library & Museum, the Huntington, and the Getty Research Institute.

It’s gonna be May

Peep that cute little May flower (that the April showers brought) growing out of the M.

Letter M comes from The true prophecies : or, Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus

April is National Welding Month

Shown here is a general view of acetylene welding at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The man visible in the photograph is identified as J.J. Connor. This photograph is believed to have been taken in the electrical shop located at the Laboratory.

“J.J. Connor at Work in Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory,” circa 1928. Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia.