Re: Natural History Museum

In message <1+q4g823JcA$Ewgr@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<usenet200305@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>I shall have time to make a brief visit to the Natural History Museum,
>soon.

Somebody contacted me off-line, and today I spent two hours enjoying a
remarkable behind- the- scenes tour!

Seeing moths bearing Darwin's fingerprint, brought back on the Beagle,
by him; and the actual specimens used by Linnaeus in drawing up his
classifications, ranks alongside the time I once held James Watt's
notebook - a day I shall never forget!
--
Andy Mabbett
USA imprisons children without trial, at Guantanamo Bay:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2970279.stm>
<http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510582003?open&of=ENG-USA>

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Andy Mabbett	Re: Natural History Museum In message <1+q4g823JcA$Ewgr@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett <usenet200305@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes >I shall have time to make a brief visit to the Natural History Museum, >soon. Somebody contacted me off-line, and today I spent two hours enjoying a remarkable behind- the- scenes tour! Seeing moths bearing Darwin's fingerprint, brought back on the Beagle, by him; and the actual specimens used by Linnaeus in drawing up his classifications, ranks alongside the time I once held James Watt's notebook - a day I shall never forget! -- Andy Mabbett USA imprisons children without trial, at Guantanamo Bay: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2970279.stm> <http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510582003?open&of=ENG-USA>