Adolf Schmidt’s Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde (1890)

[benbreen]

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schmidt-diatoms/

[jamal-kumar]

My german isn't great, but what exactly is "Diatomaceenkunde?" I read Diatomaceen as 'diatomaceous' but 'Kunde' means something like client or customer[1], so I'm a little confused.

[1]https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/kunde

[wirrbel → jamal-kumar]

-kunde is the German equivalent to greek "-sophy" and corresponds to 'knowledge'. Geography is Erdkunde (as a school subject). Nowadays mostly used in pedagogic context (schools) or it can also sound old-fashioned.

[contr-error]

dang, I saw this on the homepage 4 days ago? See https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

[endofreach → contr-error]

I am confused. This seems to be the same post. Your comment from 1 hour ago is the only one on the post from 4 days ago. Is this the… glitch in the matrix, or what do i not see?

[macintux → endofreach]

There’s a feature that allows the moderators to boost a recent post that seems interesting but didn’t get enough traction.