Regency Science and Technology: Maillardet’s Automaton

La Belle Assemblee, 1806 The 17th century saw the first automaton devices coming into popular imagination. In the 18th century, the mechanical toy took off, Continue
La Belle Assemblee, 1806 The 17th century saw the first automaton devices coming into popular imagination. In the 18th century, the mechanical toy took off, Continue
La Belle Assemblee, July 1807 My wool is coming out of hiding, which always gives me a moment of pause and trepidation for fear moths Continue
New Picture of London, 1820 Following the Georgian invention of the steam engine, entrepreneurial Brits were keen to put it to work in a variety Continue
Edward Orme was a Regency era engraver, publisher and real estate developer, who made the genre of transparent prints popular through the above advertised title (https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2009/09/edward_ormes_transparent_print.html). Author Continue