WEIRD SCIENCE
Weird Science explores amazing ideas of the Victorian Era. It delves into inventions, sciences, engineering, architecture and countless discoveries. It was a turning point in the history of human creativity. It was a time of outrageous developments. Weird science led to daily inventions and discoveries. Some were major successes and some were disastrous flops!
Victorian Era Mermaids Flourished With Barnum’s Fake News And Alternative Facts
Victorian Era Mermaids Flourished With Barnum’s Fake News And Alternative Facts
Mermaids and Mermen appeared in art and literature across cultures for thousands of years. In the early 1800s, they regularly Read More>...
Victorian Era Theatrophone Live Streamed Opera Performances And News
Victorian Era Theatrophone Live Streamed Opera Performances And News
Fashionable visitors arrived on a custom-built electric tram to the first International Exposition of Electricity in Paris. It was held Read More>...
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876 Introduced Everything From Bananas To Telephones
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876 Introduced Everything From Bananas To Telephones
The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876 was the first World Fair held in America. It celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Read More>...
Victorian Era Electric Cars And The Ladies Who Loved Them
Victorian Era Electric Cars And The Ladies Who Loved Them
If you haven’t checked out the latest development in cars, it’s time to jump on board. They’re convenient, quiet, clean Read More>...
Frederick Richard Simms Designed First Armored Cars
Frederick Richard Simms Designed First Armored Cars
Frederick Richard Simms was a pioneer in the motor industry. Educated in Germany and London as a mechanical engineer, he was Read More>...
Henry Ford Quadricycle Reached Ten mph June 1896
Henry Ford Quadricycle Reached Ten mph June 1896
It was the early morning hours of June 4, 1896. The Henry Ford Quadricycle was finally completed and ready to Read More>...
Winifred Edgerton Merrill Cheered As First American Woman Awarded Mathematics Ph.D.
Winifred Edgerton Merrill Cheered As First American Woman Awarded Mathematics Ph.D.
It was a time when women were widely considered less intelligent than men. Even paintings created by women were viewed Read More>...
Harriet Quimby Set Multiple Records Including First Licensed Female Pilot In America
Harriet Quimby Set Multiple Records Including First Licensed Female Pilot In America
Harriet Quimby, like Nellie Bly, aspired to be a journalist. She was born May 11, 1875. Nellie Bly was born Read More>...
Lemoine Family’s Victorian Flowers Bloom In Our Gardens Today
Lemoine Family’s Victorian Flowers Bloom In Our Gardens Today
The Lemoine Nursery of Nancy, France opened its doors in1849 and closed three generations later in 1968. Hundreds of cultivars Read More>...
Astonishing Victorian Selfies Promoted Nikola Tesla Inventions And Experiments
Astonishing Victorian Selfies Promoted Nikola Tesla Inventions And Experiments
Nikola Tesla often invited investors, journalists, and friends to his labs. In his earlier years, he seemed to relish sharing Read More>...
Nikola Tesla Papers Envisioned Renewable Energy For A Better World
Nikola Tesla Papers Envisioned Renewable Energy For A Better World
It’s all true. Nikola Tesla was an eccentric who feared germs, loathed pearls and communicated telepathically with pigeons in his Read More>...
Jules Verne North Pole Novel Predicted Today’s Arctic Land Grab
Jules Verne North Pole Novel Predicted Today’s Arctic Land Grab
It has a decidedly 21st century ring, even though The Purchase of the North Pole (a.k.a. Topsy Turvy) by Jules Verne was Read More>...
Mary Anning Discoveries Including Ichthyosaur Rocked Paleontology
Mary Anning Discoveries Including Ichthyosaur Rocked Paleontology
Mary Anning had several strikes against her. She was born into relative poverty. She had minimal formal education. Worst of Read More>...
Wild Victorian New Year’s Eve Party Hosted In Dinosaur’s Belly
Wild Victorian New Year’s Eve Party Hosted In Dinosaur’s Belly
It was one of the most coveted invitations to a New Year’s Eve Party on December 31, 1853. Only a Read More>...
Victorian Era Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Roam Earth To This Day
Victorian Era Crystal Palace Dinosaurs Roam Earth To This Day
The tradition of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs was alive and kicking at the Los Angeles County Fair, September 2016. A Read More>...
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