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Photo of Frank Shorland Scrapbook
This photo was taken of the Frank Shorland scrapbook at the University of Warwick's Modern Records Center and is a part of the National Cycle Archive. The book was fragile and is being supported by foam blocks. -
Cuca Cocoa Cycling Challenge Cup
This is a brief article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup and is mainly discussing the atmosphere and the records broken in brief. -
View of Queen's House and River Thames, March 2024
This is the physical imagery captured by the Camera Obscura at the Flamsteed House in March 2024 -
Camera Obscura at the Flamsteed House
This camera was used by Margaret and John Flamsteed to safely observe the Sun as well as used to inspire artwork by the former. -
Historia Coelestis Britannica [British Account of the Heavens], second edition, volume 1, by John Flamsteed, produced by Margaret Flamsteed, London 1725
This is the volume pertaining to all of John Flamsteed's work, produced after his death by Margaret Flamsteed, in 1725. -
More About the Cuca Cup
This is an article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup over 40 years after the event took place and specifically discusses the second cup and the challenges that led the demise of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge series. -
Year-going clock movement, by Thomas Tompion, 1675
This clock was designed for the observation room at the Flamsteed house, and was gifted to John Flamsteed by his patron, Sir Jonas Moore. After Flamsteed's death, his wife, Margaret Flamsteed, massed produced and sold the clocks for domestic use to pay off Flamsteed's debts. -
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This is an article written in Russian with an image of Frank Shorland in it. The origin is unknown. -
The Cuca Race
This is a page from the scrapbook that contains part of article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup race and the hour by hour breakdown of the 1893 race. -
The Records of 1892
This is a table of cycling records from 1892 as compiled by the National Cycling Union. Contains path and road records as well as a cartoon of a skeleton riding a bicycle.