1783 and 1816: Two Spectacular Weather Years
Diane Morris | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 | Regency Research, Science | 2 Comments
Lately I’ve been thinking about the weather. For one thing, it’s hot as blue blazes here in East Tennessee. The cicada chirping has ceased, thus bringing an end to the dog days of summer, but it remains hot and dry, despite the fact that today is the first day of fall (or autumn, as they say in […]
Read More »The Catch-Me-Who-Can: A True Regency Marvel
Diane Morris | Thursday, July 9th, 2015 | Science | No Comments
It’s summer. It’s dang hot. I’m tired of writing about Regency midwives and man-midwives. What sort of light-hearted topic might suit for a short July blog post? Quite by accident I came across an image of Trevithick’s “Catch-Me-Who-Can” steam circus. Ah! Just the thing. This Regency marvel captured my interest on first reading about it […]
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