Regency Science and Invention – Page 6

Regency Science and Invention: The Hummingbird Sphinx

By Anne | October 2, 2018 - 6:59 am |October 9, 2018 Regency Science and Invention

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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 →

Regency Travel: Steam Packets

By Anne | May 26, 2018 - 7:59 am |June 13, 2018 Regency Science and Invention, Regency Travel

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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 →

Regency Advertisements: Edward Orme’s Transparencies

By Anne | April 28, 2018 - 7:32 am |November 17, 2021 Regency Advertisements, Regency Men, Regency Science and Invention

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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 →

Regency Science and Invention: Paris and the Modern Rollercoaster

By Anne | August 8, 2017 - 7:28 am |September 7, 2017 Regency Science and Invention

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Although a wheeled roller coaster called the Switchback is said to exist as early as the 1600s in Russia, Paris is often said to be the birthplace Continue →