Regency Science and Invention: Computers

Stone cold fox, Charles Babbage, was a brainiac.  In 1824, Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society “for his invention of an engine Continue

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Bow Street Runners

“In fiction as well as in reality the dramatic element nearly always was supplied by the Bow Street Runner, popularly supposed to be a miracle Continue

Regency Science and Invention: Pollution

“Hell is a city much like London — A Populous and smoky city” -Shelley At the later part of the 18th century, as the beginning Continue

Regency Science and Invention: The Weatherman

We all love to lament about the Weatherman.  Although I have only lived in a few other countries, its not hard for me to imagine Continue