JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post The following images relating to chemistry were found in the illustration volumes of Abraham Rees' (1743-1825) great work, Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts ...

Looking through a (massive, 20-pound!) volume of Electrical World 1 I found that it contains some of the earliest work published in the United States on Wilhelm Roentgen's seminal discovery of the ...

JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post While flipping through William Herschel's 1801 Philosophical Transaction s paper "Observations tending to investigate the Nature of the Sun in order to find the Cause ...

A while ago I wrote a post on Herman Soergel's plan for extending the landmass of the countries around the Mediterranean Sea by damming the straits of Gibraltar, lowering the sea and irrigating the ...

Welcome! This blog started in January 2008 as a history of science blog that related to my bookstore, but within the first two months the content spilled over into all sorts of unexpected areas, and I ...

JF Ptak Science Books This is the heart of the beautiful orrery created by William Pearson (1767-1847. and one of the founders of the Royal Astronomical Society) as found in the magisterial if not ...

JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post Is is easy to say that the editors here made a mistake labeling a monster "Frankenstein" as the Mary Shelley creation was only called by its creator's name by popular ...

JF Ptak Science Books Post 1176 "When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." - Shakespeare. "Threatening the world with Famine, Plague and War: ...

JF Ptak Science Books I think that it is difficult to overstate the importance and long-term significance of Dr. Seuss ' (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991, son and grandson of brewmasters) contribution ...

The Worst Job of the 19th Century? Tongue-Pullers, Nipple-Pinchers & Anal Tobacco Blowers Try to Revive the Dead.

JF Ptak Science Books LLC Post 202 In a quick follow-up to my propaganda post of 4 August I’d like to add a couple of images and also distinguish propaganda maps from anthropomorphic/humorous maps.

JF Ptak Science Books Post 1761 The "working poor" of England may have been half of that--working, that is, and hard at work, though not being paid even enough to be considered poor. Their story has ...