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The Victorian Era had weird things in it besides Lovelace and Babbage
Updated on Dec 22, 10
Created on Sep 18, 09
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More than you ever wanted to know about oysters in Victorian popular culture. Includes the history of the celebrated Dando the Oyster Eater.
"Autobiography of an Oyster" shoutout.. though it's a joke, Dando was a famous oyster-eater and didn't write a book. My quest for the "Autobiography of an Oyster" source for Babbage's quote on his memoirs continues...
AWESOME and weird..
great costumes and feel
Online collection of nearly 1,800 broadsides. These single sheets carried public notices, news, speeches and songs that could be read or sung aloud. Crime, politics, romance, emigration, humour, tragedy, royalty and superstitions..\n
Bunch of collections of interesting online documents
Unbelievably useful site for those wanting to define the undefinable- like, say, how much money was Ada's allowance of £300 a year really 'worth' in 1840? Answer: it depends on how you measure it.
The invaluable compendium.
Getting a little over-excited about what seems to be a Thaumatrope here.. anyways I like the 'steam-poetry' that claims a relationship with the calculating machine!
12 items | 5 visits
The Victorian Era had weird things in it besides Lovelace and Babbage
Updated on Dec 22, 10
Created on Sep 18, 09
Category: Others
URL: