Regency Science and Invention – Page 11

Regency Reader Questions: Herbs and Broken Bones

By Anne | February 10, 2013 - 8:33 pm |August 14, 2015 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Dish, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Science and Invention

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Moniker/Name: Brenda Your Question: What medicines, herbal or otherwise, were used primarily in the regency era? For instance, was there a ‘go to’ solution for Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Mary Somerville

By Anne | October 29, 2012 - 8:26 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Science and Invention, Regency Women of Character

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Mary Fairfax Somerville (26 December 1780 – 28 November 1872) was the daughter of British Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax, (from the distinguished family of Continue →

Regency Science and Invention: Computers

By Anne | October 5, 2012 - 5:51 am |July 12, 2017 Musings, Regency Science and Invention

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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

By Anne | June 4, 2012 - 6:43 pm |June 4, 2012 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Science and Invention

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“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 →