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In 1848, the mineralogist, pioneer of photography, and amateur poet Robert Hunt published The Poetry of Science, a hugely ambitious work that aimed to offer a survey of scientific knowledge while also communicating the metaphysical, moral, and aesthetic aspects of science to the general reader. Gregory Tate explores what the book can teach us about Victorian desires to reconcile the languages of poetry and science. …more
500 years ago this month, a strange mania seized the city of…more
Bernd Brunner on the English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse and how his…more
Expensive and laborious to produce, a single woodcut could be recycled to…more
The technique of intarsia — the fitting together of pieces of intricately…more
Wonderful series of medieval cosmographic diagrams and schemas sourced from a late 12th-century English manuscript.more
Photographs from a series of experiments in which various types of flounder…more
Highlights from a visual record in 100 plates of the decorative arts…more
Compilation of some of the best conversational witticisms of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Joseph…more
The pages of this unique book have had pasted onto them a…more
Encyclopaedic survey of sexual knowledge exploring topics ranging from spiritual love to…more
Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was one of the foremost Japanese print artists of the 20th century, renowned for producing beautiful prints of birds and flowers as part of the Shin-Hanga (new prints) movement.Read more
Short educational film on what can be seen in the night sky through a telescope, including…more
Curious and groundbreaking mix of documentary and silent horror cinema, written and…more
Miniaturised dancers give a history of dance from the stone-age to the…more
In this novelty recording by the Norwegian actor Henry Klauser, a mournful refrain gradually gives way…more
First known recording of the popular African American spiritual performed in 1909…more
Early recording of the alma mater of Rutgers, The State University of…more
