Regency Science and Invention – Page 13

Regency Science and Invention: The Steam Locomotive

By Anne | March 31, 2011 - 9:20 pm |March 31, 2011 Regency Science and Invention

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Ah, the scourge of the coaching roads. No wonder the railway was destined to become a staple of British travel. Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) was a Continue →

Regency Men: Sir John Frederick William Herschel

By Anne | January 26, 2011 - 4:22 am |November 11, 2021 Regency Men, Regency Science and Invention

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This stone cold fox was born in 1792, so he would have been a young buck at the time of the Regency. Son of well Continue →

Regency Science and Invention: Veterinary Medicine

By anneglover | May 7, 2010 - 5:50 am |August 14, 2015 Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Science and Invention

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One thing a Regency man (or woman) never took for granted was their horse. So its natural that the horse spawned a whole new field Continue →

Regency Science and Invention: Illustrations of Madness

By Anne | December 31, 2009 - 4:25 am |August 14, 2015 Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Science and Invention

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John Haslam, Bethlem’s resident apothecary, undertook the enormous task of cataloguing an unknown condition paranoid schizophrenia. Determined not to allow the release of James Tilly Continue →