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June 1, 2013 · 5:41 am

1900 Belgian Coal Miners

You think your job is tough?  Here are Belgian Coal Miners in 1900, getting on an elevator to descend into the shaft.

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March 21, 2013 · 6:00 pm

The Great Paris Exposition Telescope

1900:

The Great Paris Exposition Telescope

“The Great Paris Exhibition Telescope with a 1.25 m diameter lens was the largest refracting telescope ever constructed.  When the year-long exposition was over, The company which had organized in build the telescope declared bankruptcy and were unable to sell it. It was ultimately broken up for scrap; the lenses are still stored away at the Paris Observatory.”– Wikipedia

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