Regency Science and Invention: Smallpox Vaccine

British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) is credited with the invention of the first vaccine to be administered against a contagious disease. Pioneering the concept of Continue
British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) is credited with the invention of the first vaccine to be administered against a contagious disease. Pioneering the concept of Continue
The first friction matchstick was invented in England by John Walker in 1827, after years of experimentation. Walker was a chemist/druggist Continue
Anne Gunn nee Young (1756-1813) was a Scottish music teacher and inventor of a set of board games, Musical Games, created to teach children musical Continue
Descriptions appeared in The Monthly Magazine, Volume 36 (1813). The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures (1813)