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Jesus Healing The Sick

Colorized print shows Jesus as he heals a sick child held in the arms of a woman as others, in varying degrees of distress, await their turn. The picture, based on an original illustration by Heinrich Hofmann, was produced in 1940 as part of a series of postcards. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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James Van Allen, US astrophysicist

James Van Allen (1914-2006), US astrophysicist, holding a model of the rocket launcher Juno 1 with the satellite Explorer 1 on the nose cone. He is pointing to a map of the orbital path for this satellite. In 1958, Allen argued for the use of a Geiger counter (radiation detector) on Explorer I, the first American scientific satellite. The counter detected belts of ionised particles trapped by the Earth's magnetic field. These belts were named Van Allen belts after him. Van Allen retired in 1985 and was awarded the Crafoord Prize for Astronomy in 1989

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A map showing the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan, facsimile

XJF696551 A map showing the journey of the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan, facsimile of an image from the Geneva Bible of 1560 (engraving) by English School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map is headed- This mappe properly apperteineth to the 33 Chap. of Nombres'. ); English, out of copyright

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