Digital ECCOs of the eighteenth century.

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Any high school worth its salt teaches students the immeasurable impact of the eighteenth century. Counted among the events of those scant hundred years are the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution--but it has taken the Technological Revolution to better bring an Age of Reason to the modern researcher.

In 1981, Gale began filming objects for a project commissioned by the British Library called the English Short Title Catalog (ESTC). The ESTC is a massive project that seeks to provide descriptions and pertinent information on letterpress ...

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