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Regency Science and Invention: Paddlesteamer PS Comet

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Scottish inventor and scientist Henry dedicated many years to improving the steam apparatus for the purposes of powering water vessels.  Toiling from between 1800 and Continue →

Regency Advertisements: A Bonny Young Lad is my Jockey

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This ad appeared in the August 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblée. I found a website with a tutorial of the tune to hear what Continue →

M.C. Beaton: Regency Gold

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First things first, this is no great sweeping romance where you find yourself in sympathy or in love with the MCs.  The heroine is a Continue →