19th Century Post
...a mourning cover & miscellany collection
19th Century miscellany
Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943)
| Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:15 PM |
Nikola Tesla - in his workshop
(just beause I adore the man)
From hell...
| Posted on March 23, 2012 at 6:10 PM |
The Jack the Ripper "From Hell" Letter
Postmarked 15 October 1888
(Records of Metropolitan Police Service, National Archives)
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835 - 1910
| Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:49 AM |
Mark Twain in Tesla's lab - 1894
Originally published as part of an article by T.C. Martin called
Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions
(from Century Magazine - April, 1895)
Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943)
| Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:40 PM |
“One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
~Nikola Tesla
19th Century Maps by Children...
| Posted on February 20, 2010 at 8:57 AM |
The David Rumsey Map Collection website has an interesting section up on maps drawn by children in the 19th century. It's packed with a ton of history, interesting information and so many great maps to look at.
Anonymous Student, United States - 1821
Click on the map above to enter the David Rumsey Map Collection website where you can see more.
The Granville Mummy
| Posted on October 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM |
So, I guess that they have recently discovered that this mummy actually died of Tuberculosis, rather than a tumor (as were the thoughts on it in the 19th century). Personally, I am not that concerned with the cause of death but I am rather fond of the sketches...
The Granville Mummy - 1825
Inner coffin lid and unwrapped mummy of Irtyersenu
drawings by Dr. Augustus Granville
(Royal Society)