Saturday, December 14, 2002

More things Victorian. The Internet Library of Early Journals has old magazines like The Builder (1843-1852) or Gentleman's Magazine (1731-1750) online, each page scanned as a gif file. Just wonderful, tasty, gorgeous and delicious. A few of those links don't seem to work though... 3:47:06 PM   Literature, London | |

I think I've mentioned this already, but just to make sure: The Orion Museum is online. And the picture on the left is rendered by yours truly, The Cartoonist. 2:53:33 PM   Orion Pics | |

I know someone who will like this story, right, dPhilc? ThisisLondon: "Detectives are attempting to unravel the mystery of reports of a car crash that led them to discover the skeleton of a man killed at the same spot five months ago. 12:19:13 PM   London | |

What the Victorians did for us. A website with amusing victorian experiments. "My Dear Faraday, I would like to expound to you a phenomenon of singular curiosity, apparent during investigations into expanding the electrical spark. It affords me little joy as my discovery took the sight from Hodges right eye and I have had to dismiss him. As my last correspondence indicated, I have surmised that the experiments are deleterious to poor Hodges, his health having sharply deteriorated due, I think, to the quicksilver effluvia he breathed during leyden phial silvering. "link" 9:53:20 AM   London | |