Tag Archives: 19th Century

2010: Can’t Buy Me Love

Posted on June 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

“This research provides the first evidence that money interferes with  people’s  ability  to  savor  positive  emotions  and  experiences.  In  a  large  sample  of  working  adults,  we  found  that  wealthier individuals reported lower savoring ability. Indeed, the negative impact of money … Continue reading →

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1878: Black Sun

Posted on June 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot: Total Eclipse of the Sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory. (source)

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1874: Escaping Criticism

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pere Borrell del Caso: Escaping Criticism (1874) (source)

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1871: A Sound Like the Humming of Bees

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

In order to prove that almost any kind of dream can, with tolerable certainty, be excited by special classes of stimulants, M. Maury caused a series of experiments to be performed on himself when asleep, which afforded very satisfactory results. … Continue reading →

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1892: How to Deal with Scabs

Posted on May 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

CLEVERLY CAPTURED A very clever piece of work was recently done by Thomas I. Kidd in preventing the bosses putting an end to the strike of the St. Louis machine woodworkers for a shorter working day. Mr. Kidd is the … Continue reading →

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1892: Ocean

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

 David James: Seascape, Storm Breakers (1892)

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1806: Beings Resembling the Human Species

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON The following account of an extraordinary phenomenon that appeared to a number of people in the county of Rutherford, state of North Carolina, was made the 7th of August, 1806, in presence of David Dickle, Esq. of county … Continue reading →

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17th Century: Werewolf on Trial

Posted on May 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sennertus [Daniel Sennert, 1572–1637], on the authority of a respectable man, informs us that a certain woman was apprehended on the suspicion that she was a werewolf; which she also acknowledged. The magistrate promised to spare her life, provided she … Continue reading →

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1915: Impermanence

Posted on May 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1915, Sigmund Freud published a short essay, “On Transience,” in which he addresses in a succinct and poetic way the ideas he had developed for his book Mourning and Melancholia (1917). For Freud, these two states—mourning and melancholia—are different … Continue reading →

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1890: Portrait of an Anarchist

Posted on May 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Paul Signac’s portrait of his friend and fellow anarchist Felix Fénéon was painted in 1890, four years before Fénéon was arrested by Paris police on suspicion of participating in the bombing of a restaurant and aiding in the assassination of … Continue reading →

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