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How French absolutism powered a techno-progressive revolution

An unabashed celebration of genius at the Science Museum. Is this a sign of things to come?

Nina Power
‘Clock of the Creation of the World’, 1754, by Claude-Siméon Passemant, François-Thomas Germain and Jospeh-Léonard Roques.  © Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais
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