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Tag Archives: Great Britain
370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself
The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, 3rd Century, 4th Century BC, Animals, Art, Astronomy, Birds, Crows, Democritus, Great Britain, Greece, Hippolytus, Leonora Carrington, Mexico, Philosophy, Printmaking, Pseudo-Hippocrates, Women
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1912: South Downs
William Nicholson: View of the South Downs (1912)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Great Britain, Landscapes, Painting, William Nicholson
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1648: This Page Intentionally Left Blank
The English Civil War began in 1642, pitting King Charles I against the English and Scottish parliaments. The King’s army initially held the upper hand, but after 1644 the rebellious Roundheads, under the command of Oliver Cromwell, began to gain … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, English Civil War, Government, Great Britain, King Charles I, Negotiations, Oliver Cromwell, Revolution
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1948: Fence and Tree
Albert Reuss: Fence and Tree (1948)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Albert Reuss, Art, Austria, Great Britain, Landscapes, Painting, Trees
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1655: Remedies
Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Eels, Fish, Frogs, Great Britain, Mammals, Medicine, Mice, Printmaking, Snakes, Thomas Lupton, Wasps, Weasels
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1750: Estimate
In 1750, astronomer Thomas Wright estimated the number of inhabited planets in the observable universe: Of…habitable Worlds, such as the Earth, all which we may suppose to be also of a terrestrial or terraqueous Nature, and filled with Beings of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Astronomy, Books, Great Britain, Printmaking, Science, Thomas Wright
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1869: Although He Was a Cow
Curious Dreams A writer in the “Argos” says: “I remember when a boy, sleeping in a strange house, in an old-fashioned room, with an oaken store cupboard over the bed. I dreamed that I was being murdered; the assassin struck … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1870's, 19th Century, Advertising, Animals, Art, Cows, Dreams, Food and Drink, Great Britain, Joseph Denovan Adam, Mammals, Murder, Painting, Scotland, USA, Weather
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