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Versailles at the Science Museum review: a beautiful show harking back to a time when science wasn't considered bleakly functional
There are about 120 items, 40 of which are from Paris, and they include the star of the show ... supply of water uphill to Versailles to work the magnificent fountains was the product of the ...
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These Fascinating Objects Show How the Palace of Versailles Drove Surprising Scientific Advances in the 17th and 18th Centuries
The property’s ornamental fountains and ponds, for example, were only made possible by a specially built machine that pulled water from the Seine and pushed it up a steep hill to Versailles.
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Power, Innovation and Art Collide in ‘Versailles: Science and Splendour’
Where the kings of France are concerned, a focus must always fall upon the French Revolution, the most monumental regicide in history. I was surprised, therefore, that the revolution was mentioned ...