Download or read book The Fossil Spirit a Boy s Dream of Geology written by John MILL (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Earth on Show written by Ralph O'Connor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology—and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history—was widely dismissedasdangerous nonsense. But just fifty years later, it was the most celebrated of Victorian sciences. Ralph O’Connor tracks the astonishing growth of geology’s prestige in Britain, exploring how a new geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Shrewd science-writers, O’Connor shows, marketed spectacular visions of past worlds, piquing the public imagination with glimpses of man-eating mammoths, talking dinosaurs, and sea-dragons spawned by Satan himself. These authors—including men of science, women, clergymen, biblical literalists, hack writers, blackmailers, and prophets—borrowed freely from the Bible, modern poetry, and the urban entertainment industry, creating new forms of literature in order to transport their readers into a vanished and alien past. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, O’Connor proves that geology’s success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors. An innovative blend of the history of science, literary criticism, book history, and visual culture, The Earth on Show rethinks the relationship between science and literature in the nineteenth century.
Download or read book Secular World and Social Economist written by George Jacob Holyoake and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of the Fleet Street House": 20 p. at the end of v. 18.
Download or read book Reasoner Journal of Freethought and Positive Philosophy written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Stories and studies from the chronicles and history of England by mrs S C Hall and mrs J Foster written by Anna Maria Hall and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prize Book Keepsake and Parley s New Keepsake Or Sunshine for All Weathers With Plates and Illustrations written by Samuel Griswold Goodrich and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poems for Young Children written by Miss O'Keeffe (Adelaide) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stories and studies of English History A new edition with additions written by Mrs. S. C. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Uncommon Contexts Encounters between Science and Literature 1800 1914 written by Ben Marsden and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain in the long nineteenth century developed an increasing interest in science of all kinds. Whilst poets and novelists took inspiration from technical and scientific innovations, those directly engaged in these new disciplines relied on literary techniques to communicate their discoveries to a wider audience. The essays in this collection uncover this symbiotic relationship between literature and science, at the same time bridging the disciplinary gulf between the history of science and literary studies. Specific case studies include the engineering language used by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the role of physiology in the development of the sensation novel and how mass communication made people lonely.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Educational Division of the South Kensington Museum written by Science Museum South Kensington London SW7 and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art and Science of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs written by Mark Witton and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, a series of thirty-seven incredible sculptures of prehistoric animals and geological displays, were unveiled to the public as part of the famous Crystal Palace Park in 1854. The display, which includes iconic depictions of rhinoceros-like dinosaurs, regal extinct mammals, serpentine marine reptiles and giant, frog-like amphibians, captured a snapshot of palaeontology from a golden era of scientific discovery in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, they are internationally recognized as a milestone in our portrayals of extinct life. This book celebrates these classic scientific artworks and explores: their history, their conception as a wider part of the Crystal Palace project, their execution using unorthodox building materials, their reception by nineteenth century and modern critics, and their enduring mysteries. Hundreds of historic and modern photos and original paintings show modern scientific visions of the extinct animals restored. Written in collaboration with and in support of the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs charity, this superb book gives the most detailed and complete history of these world-famous sculptures yet, reinforcing their status as masterworks of education and palaeoartistry.
Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library Catalogue written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Science in Wonderland written by Melanie Keene and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian Britain an array of writers captured the excitement of new scientific discoveries, and enticed young readers and listeners into learning their secrets, by converting introductory explanations into quirky, charming, and imaginative fairy-tales; forces could be fairies, dinosaurs could be dragons, and looking closely at a drop of water revealed a soup of monsters. Science in Wonderland explores how these stories were presented and read. Melanie Keene introduces and analyses a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales, from nursery classics such as The Water-Babies to the little-known Wonderland of Evolution, or the story of insect lecturer Fairy Know-a-Bit. In exploring the ways in which authors and translators - from Hans Christian Andersen and Edith Nesbit to the pseudonymous 'A.L.O.E.' and 'Acheta Domestica' - reconciled the differing demands of factual accuracy and fantastical narratives, Keene asks why the fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences. Such stories, she argues, were an important way in which authors and audiences criticised, communicated, and celebrated contemporary scientific ideas, practices, and objects.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Apprentices and De Milt Libraries New York July 1 1855 written by Apprentices' Library (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
