![Letter. [Notes for electric telescope, 1880 Feb. 27]. LOC](/sites/default/files/emile.jpg "Letter. [Notes for electric telescope, 1880 Feb. 27]. LOC")
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![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
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