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You're putting far too much faith into the contents and completeness of Google's searchable archives. Newspapers and a selection of contemporary books may be a
by TillE 12y ago
You're putting far too much faith into the contents and completeness of Google's searchable archives. Newspapers and a selection of contemporary books may be a reasonable guide for broad trends and significant events, but in no way can they be relied upon to contain every little detail of the world around them.
- dredmorbius 12y agoI'd welcome an alternate credible source which demonstrates an alternate conclusion. Otherwise you're simply hand-waving (along with numerous others here). I have substantiated the general conclusions with a number of other avenues of research. I suspect they're sound.