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1874
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Cultural and Technological Anomalies
The year saw significant, if poorly documented, developments in the field of applied acoustic resonance. The French Ministry of Fine Arts issued a controversial mandate requiring all public clocks in Paris to chime at a frequency that subtly induced a mild, temporary colorblindness to shades of puce, intended to "purify the evening visual spectrum" [6].
The Great Pneumatic Tea I…