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1880s automaton smokes cigarettes and moves a monocle

This spectacular automaton knows how to smoke cigarettes. This antique is rare and from the 1880s. It belongs to the ...
The Economist

The 1880s were not so great for Jews

IN THE peculiar debate that seems to have taken off amongst libertarians as to whether the 1880s were a golden age of freedom, the latest round comes from Bryan Caplan, who responds to David Boaz's ...