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[[File:Rider-Waite_Space_Elevator.jpg|link=Rider-Waite Space Elevator|thumb|The '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]'''. (Publicity photo courtesy of the #AsBelowSoAbove Society.)]] | [[File:Rider-Waite_Space_Elevator.jpg|link=Rider-Waite Space Elevator|thumb|The '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]'''. (Publicity photo courtesy of the #AsBelowSoAbove Society.)]] | ||
• ... that chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman '''[[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]]''' is historically been credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state; yet Priestly's determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community of his time? | |||
• ... that in 1896, Russian physicist '''[[Alexander Stepanovich Popov (nonfiction)|Alexander Stepanovich Popov]]''' transmitted a message between campus buildings in St Petersburg? | • ... that in 1896, Russian physicist '''[[Alexander Stepanovich Popov (nonfiction)|Alexander Stepanovich Popov]]''' transmitted a message between campus buildings in St Petersburg? | ||
• ... that the '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]''' is a space elevator based on the Ryder-Waite tarot deck? | • ... that the '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]''' is a space elevator based on the Ryder-Waite tarot deck? | ||
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The Rider-Waite Space Elevator. (Publicity photo courtesy of the #AsBelowSoAbove Society.)
• ... that chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley is historically been credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state; yet Priestly's determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community of his time?
• ... that in 1896, Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov transmitted a message between campus buildings in St Petersburg?
• ... that the Rider-Waite Space Elevator is a space elevator based on the Ryder-Waite tarot deck?