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Shooting the atom: Berlyn Brixner, the first photographer in the world to film an atomic explosion, 1945.

Captured with a high speed motion picture camera, a still image of an atomic ball of fire, 1945.
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The Greco-Roman Buddha from Gandhara, the Kushan Period.

Sculpted in Gandhara, a statue that is among the first to show the Buddha in human form
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Risky experiments: A photo of Louis Slotin next to the Trinity Gadget, 1945.

Canadian physicist Dr. Louis Slotin leans against the Trinity Gadget, 13th July, 1945.
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The bomb that ended World War II: A photo of the Fat Man Atom Bomb, 1945.

Technicians of Project Alberta gently place the 'Fat Man' on a trolley, August, 1945
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The lethal after effects of radiation exposure: A photo of the blistered hand of Harry K. Daghlian, 1945.

The first American casualty of radiation exposure.
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The pope who produced the atomic chain reaction: A photo of Enrico Fermi, 1949.

Physics Laureate Enrico Fermi at Chicago university.
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Wars of Humayun.

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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.
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John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.
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