In the mid-19th century, a daring dream took shape as two nations celebrated the historic link created by an undersea cable beneath the English Channel. But one man, Frederic Newton Gisborne, ...
Here, the highly regarded rums are crafted from sugar cane grown on the estate and crushed in a 19th-century steam mill ... sands of the world-famous Copacabana Beach before catching the cable car up ...
This incredible feat of engineering was first tried in the 19th century, with the laying of telegraph ... How perseverance laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable In 1858 a new transatlantic ...
Analysis of dried plant remains from a 19th-century Australian colonial institution reveals the consumption of various foods not listed in official records, suggesting secretive snacking by residents.
Many of his subjects were fashionable, bourgeois women, whom he depicted in an array of settings that reflected the many facets of modern life in the late 19th century. In brightly colored ...
NORWOOD, Ohio (WXIX) - Fire roared through a 19th-century home under renovation in Norwood early Thursday, causing the roof to collapse. The house at Hudson and Floral avenues has been vacant ...
What really blows my mind that there used to be copper transatlantic cables with tube amplifiers 4000 meters under water at some point. There are no longer any seacables that carry data over ...
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief, Guardian News & Media said: “Many of the Guardian's 19th century founders profited from transatlantic enslavement, principally through Manchester's role in the cotton ...
These modern concerns bear a striking resemblance to Butler's 19th-century call for pausing mechanical progress. Even if machines never become truly intelligent, Butler's predictions about our ...