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- Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frankenstein-monster-reading-list/ 3 comments
- Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ikkyu-in-hell/ 7 comments
- Flannelette Cure: Fire Tests with Textiles (1910) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fire-tests-with-textiles/ 2 comments
- Pantographia: 1799 specimen book of all the known alphabets https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pantographia/ 33 comments
- Picturing Scent: The Tale of a Beached Whale (2021) https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-scent 2 comments
- Precedents of the Unprecedented: Black Squares Before Malevich https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/black-squares-before-malevich/ 11 comments
- Trüth, Beaüty, and Volapük (2012) https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/truth-beauty-and-volapuk/ 35 comments
- “A sword was seen in the sky”: A true and wonderful narrative (1763) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-true-and-wonderful-narrative/ 3 comments
- Handy Mnemonics: The Five-Fingered Memory Machine https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/handy-mnemonics/ 2 comments
- A Paper Archaeology: Piranesi’s Ruinous Fantasias https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/a-paper-archaeology/ 2 comments
- A Renaissance Riddle: The Sola Busca Tarot Deck (1491) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sola-busca/ 2 comments
- All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US public domain in 2022 https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2021/12/all-sound-recordings-prior-to-1923-will-enter-the-us-public-domain-in-2022/ 228 comments
- Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/agostino-ramelli-theatre-of-machines 2 comments
- The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-maps-of-matrakci-nasuh-ottoman-polymath 8 comments
- The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La Vie électrique (1890) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/albert-robida-la-vie-electrique 2 comments
- Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th Century) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hatha-yoga-images-from-the-joga-pradipika 71 comments
- A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000 https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vision-of-the-year-2000 23 comments
- Samuel G. Szábo’s Rogues, a Study of Characters (1857) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/rogues-a-study-of-characters-samuel-g-szabo 3 comments
- Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/herbert-geddes-life-in-japan 7 comments
- François de Nomé’s Imaginary Ruins https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/francois-de-nome-imaginary-ruins 2 comments
- First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming (1856) https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/first-paper-to-link-co2-and-global-warming-by-eunice-foote-1856/ 107 comments
- Lustucru: From Severed Heads to Ready-Made Meals https://publicdomainreview.org/2019/06/13/lustucru-from-severed-heads-to-ready-made-meals/ 3 comments
- Every Society Invents the Failed Utopia It Deserves http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/every-society-invents-the-failed-utopia-it-deserves/ 12 comments
- The Pioneer Ov Simplified Speling (1912) http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-pioneer-ov-simplified-speling-vol-1-no-1-1912/ 5 comments
- Texts in Sebald’s the Rings of Saturn (2013) http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/texts-in-sebalds-the-rings-of-saturn/ 3 comments
- John L. Sullivan Fights America http://publicdomainreview.org/2014/04/30/john-l-sullivan-fights-america/ 2 comments
- The year 2000 illustrated in 1900 http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/06/30/france-in-the-year-2000-1899-1910/ 84 comments
- Gynecological Gymnastics from Outer Space (1895) depicts "Grey Alien" - thin body, huge head, large eyes - which wouldn't hit popular consciousness for another 65 years https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/gynecological-gymnastics-from-outer-space-1895 6 comments space
- Board games throughout history https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/progress-in-play-board-games-and-the-meaning-of-history 5 comments history
- The Art of Book Covers (1820–1914) https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914/ 5 comments books
- The sketchbook of 15th-century engineer Johannes de Fontana, a catalogue of designs for a variety of fantastic and often impossible inventions, including fire-breathing automatons, pulley-powered angels, and the earliest surviving drawing of a magic lantern device. https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/01/24/the-dreams-of-an-inventor-in-1420/ 18 comments books
- Astral Travels with Jack London http://publicdomainreview.org/2016/11/22/astral-travels-with-jack-london/ 3 comments books
- 14th-Century Illuminations for Dante’s Divine Comedy http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/14th-century-illuminations-for-dantes-divine-comedy/ 6 comments books
- The Mystery of Lewis Carroll http://publicdomainreview.org/2015/07/01/the-mystery-of-lewis-carroll/ 3 comments books
- “O, Excellent Air Bag”: Humphry Davy and Nitrous Oxide http://publicdomainreview.org/2014/08/06/o-excellent-air-bag-humphry-davy-and-nitrous-oxide/ 3 comments history
- High Frequency Electric Currents in Medicine and Dentistry (1910) http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/high-frequency-electric-currents-in-medicine-and-dentistry-1910/ 3 comments history
- The manuscripts of Emily Dickinson come in a wide variety of manuscript forms – from concert programs to chocolate wrappers – and give us a fascinating insight into how the poet worked http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/11/05/the-manuscripts-of-emily-dickinson/ 4 comments books
- A Dangerous Man in the Pantheon | This October marked 300 years since the birth of French Enlightenment thinker Denis Diderot, whose philosophical writings offer a pertinent alternative to the Enlightenment cult of reason spearheaded by his better remembered contemporaries Voltaire and Rousseau http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/10/02/a-dangerous-man-in-the-pantheon/ 3 comments philosophy
- X-Ray images of women wearing corsets from the second volume of the French doctor Ludovic O’Followell’s Le Corset (1908) http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/06/18/the-corset-x-rays-of-dr-ludovic-ofollowell-1908/ 3 comments history
- Athanasius Kircher: 17th century Jesuit polymath who was, arguably, the first human in history to be willingly lowered into a volcano. http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/11/01/athanasius-underground/ 18 comments history
Linking pages
- Design Of This Website · Gwern.net https://www.gwern.net/Design 254 comments
- Houston, We Have A Public Domain Problem | by Parker Higgins | Medium http://medium.com/@xor/houston-we-have-a-public-domain-problem-bd971c57dfdc 98 comments
- Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful https://resobscura.substack.com/p/why-early-modern-books-are-so-beautiful 61 comments
- Why Didn't People Smile in Old Portraits? - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/why-didn-t-people-smile-in-old-portraits/279880/ 7 comments
- GitHub - torchhound/warren: Links to lose yourself in, curated from HN and other sources https://github.com/torchhound/warren 3 comments
- 5 Awesome Organisations Working to Protect and Expand the Public Domain - Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/5-awesome-organisations-working-protect-expand-public-domain/ 0 comments
- Resources For Public Domain Day 2012 http://infodocket.com/2011/12/31/resources-for-public-domain-day-2012/ 0 comments
- Why Didn't People Smile in Old Portraits? - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/why-didnt-people-smile-in-old-portraits/279880/ 0 comments
- On Mercy – Guernica https://www.guernicamag.com/features/on-mercy/ 0 comments