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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-1859). English engineer

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
(1806-1859). English engineer. Brunel before the Great Eastern steamship's braking drum chains, which lowered the ship from the slip for launching: photograph, 1857, by Robert Howlett

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Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne

BUDDHIST CRISIS, 1963.
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne.

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DOYLE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty locked in mortal combat at the Reichenbach Falls. Wood engraving after a drawing by Sidney Paget from the 'Strand' magazine for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventure of the Final Problem,' 1893

DOYLE: SHERLOCK HOLMES.
Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty locked in mortal combat at the Reichenbach Falls. Wood engraving after a drawing by Sidney Paget from the 'Strand' magazine for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventure of the Final Problem,' 1893.

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