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The receipt of these items coincided with the loan to the Royal Society of an original skull by the Department of Mines

The 17th-century Mehtar Mahal is the entrance to a mosque

Figures are dwarfed by the size of the pillars

Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist Finish:Rolled Engraved verso: 'Photographed by JohnLord Kelvin (1824 1907), Irish born Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1926. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin was a pioneer of thermodynamics and electromagnetic theory and devised the temperature scale that bears his name. He also directed work on the first transatlantic cable telegraph, which gave him considerable wealth. He was probably the first scientist to become wealthy through his work. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our