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Today — March 3, 2026

Precursors (permalink)
While researching the "infrared body" mentioned in a lyric by Psychotronic Squirt Gun, we encountered a modern diagram of a camera that recalled a cosmograph from 1567.  In both, overlapping Venn circles enclose another circle surrounded by several figures, with sun-like rays at the top. Additional star-like orbs are in the lower portions of each diagram.  Immediately upon encountering the camera diagram, we saw the classic "cosmic egg" of historical representations of the universe.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Companion Book for Day In and Day Out by O'Donnell, Scharschug & Carey, 1941.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Treats and Treasures by McInnes et al., 1964.
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Puzzles and Games (permalink)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Canadian Readers Book I, 1922.
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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Story of Everyday Things by Arthur Train, Jr. and illustrated by Chichi Lasley, 1941.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neil, 1913.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Understanding the Arts by Helen Gardner, 1932.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Lodge Goat, edited by James Pettibone, 1902.
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Sundials (permalink)
From The Improvement Era, 1921.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Twilight Fairy Tales by May Showler Groves and illustrated by Mary Crete Crouch, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From James Millikin University's 1910 yearbook.
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Old News (permalink)
"Not probing any scandal."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1905.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas' 1907 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Life magazine, 1884.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From John Dough and the Cherub by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John Neill, 1906.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Trailing Our Animal Friends by Nida & Nida, 1928.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Stage and the School by Katharine Anne Ommanney, 1932.
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