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2025-09-28 23:24 UTC
@pooserville@dice.camp that reminds me of this:
"In 1839 the third volume of the parochial history appeared, containing an account of the Roman wall; in it Hodgson first clearly established the claim of Emperor Hadrian to be considered as its builder; notably, as the claim isn't a claim on Northumbrian history, it is formatted as a 166-page footnote in the book, taking up about half the book's length. "
- Wikipedia John Hodgson's History of Northumberland
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hodgson_(antiquary)
#Footnotes #Wikipedia
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@jmccyoung@mstdn.social 2025-09-29 01:30
@Faintdreams@dice.camp @pooserville@dice.camp That's wonderful! It reminded me of Charles Darwin's 4 volumes on barnacles, two on fossil and two on extant species: https://darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialIntroductions/Richmond_cirripedia.html.