Regency Science and Invention: Paris and the Modern Rollercoaster

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
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
Appeared in the June 1818 Ackermann’s Repository.
This essay appeared in the June 1819 issue of La Belle Assemblee. Describing the language of birds, the naturalist author waxes poetical about tweets.
Loving the friendly face of Charles Babbage and his amazing inventions, I did a post on him many years ago. Recently, a reader from Continue