otd

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1905.</p><p>Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity, which used the universal constant speed of light c to derive the Lorentz transformations.</p><p>There are some controversies on the question of the extent to which Mileva Marić contributed to the insights of Einstein's annus mirabilis publications</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis_papers#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mirabilis_papers#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_mi</span><span class="invisible">rabilis_papers#</span></a></p><p>On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66944" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66944</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Einstein, Albert (30 June 1905). "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper" [On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies] (PDF). Annalen der Physik (in German). 17 (10): 891–921.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"The mind is an iceberg—it floats with only one-seventh of its bulk above water."</p><p>Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Sigmund Freud died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1939.</p><p>He was the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_</span><span class="invisible">Freud#</span></a></p><p>Sigmund Freud at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/391"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/391</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Photographic portrait of Sigmund Freud, signed by the sitter ("Prof. Sigmund Freud")
Max Halberstadt - https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6116407

The photographic portrait of Sigmund Freud, taken by Max Halberstadt around 1921, is an iconic representation of the founder of psychoanalysis. The half-length image captures Freud holding a cigar, a frequent motif in images of him. This particular photograph is unique due to Freud's personal inscription, which reads in English, "Prof. Sigm. Freud with kind regards 1921." This use of English and the title "Professor" is notable since most of Freud's correspondences and inscriptions were in German.

The photo is a gelatin silver print, measuring 225 x 165 mm, mounted on a card. It was part of the Wesley Marans Collection and was later auctioned at Christie's.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1846.</p><p>Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.</p><p>There is evidence that Neptune was seen and recorded by Galileo Galilei in 1613, Jérôme Lalande in 1795, and John Herschel in 1830, but none are known to have recognized it as a planet at the time.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discover</span><span class="invisible">y_of_Neptune</span></a></p><p>Neptune at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=neptune&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=neptune&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=neptune&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

New Berlin Observatory at Linden Street, where Neptune was discovered observationally.

Carl Daniel Freydanck - Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam

2 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate T. S. Eliot was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1888.</p><p>Eliot first attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" from 1914 to 1915, which, at the time of its publication, was considered outlandish. It was followed by The Waste Land, "The Hollow Men", "Ash Wednesday", and Four Quartets. He was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.</p><p>Books by T. S. Eliot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

T. S. Eliot, photographed one Sunday afternoon in 1923 by Lady Ottoline Morrell.

Eliot is captured with a contemplative, somewhat somber expression. His face appears serious and introspective, a mood reflective of his complex, often dark literary themes.

Eliot is dressed formally in a suit, typical of the style of an educated, professional man of the 1920s.

The photograph is relatively straightforward, with Eliot seated in a relaxed but poised manner. The simplicity of the composition focuses attention on Eliot’s face and presence, allowing his personality to take center stage. Lady Morrell's photographic style often emphasized the character of her subjects, and this portrait reflects that approach.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

134d

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1859, Wilkie Collins’s novel, The Woman in White, begins serialization in the magazine "All the Year Round". This magazine was edited by Charles Dickens.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woma</span><span class="invisible">n_in_White_(novel)</span></a></p><p>The novel at PG: </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

poster by fred walker for the woman in white - picyrl.com

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>English author, screenwriter, and producer Elinor Glyn died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1943.</p><p>She was specialised in romantic fiction, which was considered scandalous for its time, although her works are relatively tame by modern standards. She popularized the concept of the it-girl, and had tremendous influence on early 20th-century popular culture and, possibly, on the careers of Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and, especially, Clara Bow.</p><p>Books by Elinor Glyn at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1762" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1762"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1762</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

English novelist and scriptwriter Elinor Glyn (1864-1943).

Glyn is typically seen in fashionable, often elegant attire, befitting her status as a trendsetter and icon of glamour in the early 20th century. Her clothing often includes luxurious fabrics, lace, and intricate details, reflecting the high-society circles in which she moved.

Glyn's expressions often convey a sense of confidence and poise, with a subtle smile or a gaze that indicates self-assurance and intelligence.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet George Santayana died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1952.</p><p>The Sense of Beauty (1896), with a foreword by Arthur Danto, was his first book on aesthetics written in the United States. The Life of Reason recounts the “imaginative” path by which cultures and societies have been shaped. The great philosophical work in which he expounds his ontology and epistemology is The Realms of Being, which establishes four “regions” or domains of reality.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

George Santayana, a Spanish American philosopher and writer.
Artist: Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880-1948). Time magazine.

Santayana’s expression in this portrait is composed and reflective, highlighting his philosophical demeanor. His face is slightly aged, with fine lines that add to the sense of wisdom and contemplation, emphasizing his long career in both philosophy and literature.

Santayana is dressed in formal, yet simple attire, often a suit, which was typical for intellectuals of his era.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1915.</p><p>P. G. Wodehouse's story "Extricating Young Gussie" is published in The Saturday Evening Post (U.S.). It introduces as characters Jeeves and Bertie.</p><p>It was published in the United Kingdom in the January 1916 edition of The Strand Magazine. It was included in the collection The Man with Two Left Feet (1917).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extricating_Young_Gussie" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extricating_Young_Gussie"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extricat</span><span class="invisible">ing_Young_Gussie</span></a></p><p>Extricating Young Gussie at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7471" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7471</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Illustration by Alfred Leete for "Extricating Young Gussie", a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, published in the Strand Magazine in 1916.

The illustration likely features the key characters of the story, including Bertie Wooster and his formidable Aunt Agatha. In typical Leete style, the characters are depicted with exaggerated expressions and body language, conveying the comedic tone of the story.

Bertie Wooster, known for his bemused expressions and leisurely demeanor, is probably illustrated in his usual aristocratic attire, such as a suit or evening wear, which contrasts with his relaxed, carefree nature.

Aunt Agatha, who is always commanding and strict, might be depicted with a stern expression, furrowed brow, and upright posture, illustrating her dominant and intimidating personality.

3 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"Nothing is given so profusely as advice."<br>Maxim 110.</p><p>French author François de La Rochefoucauld was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1613.</p><p>He was a French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs which portrays the callous nature of human conduct, with a cynical attitude towards putative virtue and avowals of affection, friendship, love, and loyalty. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%</span><span class="invisible">A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)</span></a></p><p>Books by François de La Rochefoucauld at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5749" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5749"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/5749</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Portrait of François de La Rochefoucauld
By Théodore Chassériau — Numérisation personnelle Catalogue Joconde : entrée 000PE007029 www.photo.rmn.fr

In the portrait, François de La Rochefoucauld is depicted with a calm and contemplative expression, his face showing a blend of nobility, intelligence, and introspection. His features are finely rendered, with a prominent nose, sharp cheekbones, and expressive eyes that seem to convey the sharp wit and wisdom for which he is known. His long, flowing hair frames his face, cascading over his shoulders in a style typical of the 17th-century French aristocracy.

La Rochefoucauld is dressed in elegant clothing, befitting his noble status. He wears a dark, richly textured coat, possibly made of velvet, with a large white lace collar or cravat that adds a touch of formality and refinement.

La Rochefoucauld’s posture is upright yet relaxed, suggesting both dignity and ease. His gaze is direct, but not confrontational, as though he is deep in thought, reflecting the introspective nature of his writings.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"I have not told half of what I saw."</p><p>Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1254.</p><p>He is best known for his extensive travels through Asia, particularly for his time spent at the court of Kublai Khan, the Mongol ruler and founder of the Yuan dynasty in China. His journeys were recorded in the book The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the Marvels of the World and Il Milione, c. 1300).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Po</span><span class="invisible">lo</span></a></p><p>Marco Polo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3613" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3613"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3613</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

16th-century portrait of Marco Polo.

In the portrait, Marco Polo is depicted as a dignified, bearded man, embodying the image of a seasoned traveler and scholar. His facial expression is serious and thoughtful, hinting at the vast knowledge he gained from his travels.

Polo is shown wearing clothing that signifies both wealth and travel. He is often dressed in a long, flowing robe or tunic, typical of Renaissance depictions of learned men or nobles, though it might also reflect the influence of the exotic lands he visited.

Marco Polo is portrayed in a dignified pose, either standing or sitting and the furrowed brow and focused eyes indicate thoughtfulness, as if he is contemplating the vast knowledge he gained during his travels across Asia.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian Mina Loy died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1966.</p><p>Loy's poetry is known for its non-traditional structure, free verse, and exploration of the female experience, such as Lunar Baedecker (1923). In 1914, while living in an expatriate community in Florence, Italy, Loy wrote her Feminist Manifesto. Loy was also a visual artist, working in painting, sculpture, and design. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy</span><span class="invisible">#</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Photograph of Mina Loy

Anonymous - Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy (Introduction), carolynburke.com

Loy is typically depicted with a thoughtful, almost enigmatic expression, emphasizing her intellectual and artistic depth. Her gaze often appears direct and intense, conveying her confidence and unconventional spirit.

Loy’s attire tends to reflect her modernist aesthetics—simple yet avant-garde, blending elegance with a rejection of traditional norms.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>American mathematician Dorothy Vaughan was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1910.</p><p>She was the first respected Black female manager at NASA, thus creating a long-lasting legacy for diversity in mathematics & science for West Area Computers. As one of the first female coders in the field who knew how to code FORTRAN, she was able to instruct other Black women on the coding language & paved a wave of female programmers to integrate their work into NASA’s systems.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_</span><span class="invisible">Vaughan</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninSTEM</a></p>

Vaughan with her human computer colleagues Lessie Hunter, and Vivian Adair. Margaret Ridenhour and Charlotte Craidon are standing in the back.

Human Computers: photo donated by B. Golemba

3 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1822.</p><p>French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefrin</span><span class="invisible">gence</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/optics/" rel="tag">#optics</a></p>

Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser. 2, vol. 17, pp. 102–111 (May 1821)

https://archive.org/details/s3id13207850/page/102/mode/2up

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>Indian physician and mathematician Ronald Ross died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1932.</p><p>He received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Ross" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Ross"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_R</span><span class="invisible">oss</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a></p>

Ronald Ross, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine

Permission details
This image is a work of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

The page in Ross' notebook where he recorded the "pigmented bodies" in mosquitoes that he later identified as malaria parasites.

R. Ross: Memoirs with a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and Its Solution (1923), John Murray, London

2 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

135d

<p>“Scottishness is not some pedigree lineage. This is a mongrel tradition!”</p><p>William McIlvanney (1936–2015) – author & poet (& provider, at a rally in Edinburgh in 1992, of our profile header, as quoted in Neal Ascherson’s 2002 book STONE VOICES) – was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 25 November </p><p>A 🎂 🧵</p><p>@bookstodon </p><p>1/9</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/williammcilvanney/" rel="tag">#WilliamMcIlvanney</a> <a href="/tags/scottishness/" rel="tag">#Scottishness</a> <a href="/tags/identity/" rel="tag">#identity</a></p>

And then, in a tone of tremendous pride, he said this. “Scottishness is not some pedigree lineage. This is a mongrel tradition!” At those words, for reasons which perhaps neither he nor they ever quite understood, the crowd broke into cheers and applause which lasted on and on.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.</p><p>The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.</p><p>The history of the metre starts with the Scientific Revolution that is considered to have begun with Nicolaus Copernicus's publication of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543. The Mètre des Archives & its copies were replaced from 1889 at the initiative of the International Geodetic Association by 30 platinum-iridium bars kept across the globe.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metre#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metre#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_</span><span class="invisible">of_the_metre#</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/metrology/" rel="tag">#metrology</a></p>

Closeup of National Prototype Meter Bar No. 27, made in 1889 by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and given to the United States, which served as the standard for defining all units of length in the US from 1893 to 1960. In 1960 the SI changed the standard of length to define the meter by the wavelength of light of a spectral line of krypton 86. This bar is now in the collection of the NIST Museum, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. After the Treaty of the Meter had been signed in 1875, the BIPM in Sevres, France made 30 prototype standard bars of 90% platinum–10% iridium alloy. One of the bars was selected as the International Meter. Small elliptical areas on the upper surface of the central rib at each end of the bars were highly polished, and three lines, nominally 0.5 mm apart, were ruled on these surfaces, the distance between the middle lines of each group at the temperature of freezing water defining the meter. After selecting the bar to be used as the International Prototype Meter, the other bars were calibrated relative to it and given to nations to serve as their national standards. The United States received National Prototype Meters No. 27 and No. 21 in 1890.

2 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>British astronomer and meteorologist Isis Pogson was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1852.</p><p>Pogson worked as an assistant to her father, Norman Pogson, who was an eminent astronomer known for his work on variable stars and the discovery of several asteroids. Over time, she gained recognition for her own work, despite her initial role as an unpaid assistant. She became highly knowledgeable in astronomical calculations, observations, and meteorology.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_Pogson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_Pogson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_Pog</span><span class="invisible">son</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/meteorology/" rel="tag">#meteorology</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninSTEM</a></p>

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>"...beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword..."</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>English actor Henry Irving makes his stage début at Sunderland as Gaston, Duke of Orleans, in Bulwer Lytton's play Richelieu.</p><p>The play has become best known for its line "The pen is mightier than the sword", spoken by the Cardinal in Act II, Scene II.</p><p>Books by Edward Bulwer Lytton at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/761" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/761"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/761</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Published by Saunders and Otley - https://archive.org/details/richelieuorconsp00lyttiala

Richelieu by Lytton, 1st edition title page

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

132d

<p>Mirror, mirror on the wall<br>show me in succession all<br>my faces, that I may view<br>and choose which I would like as true…</p><p>—“Through the Looking Glass”, by Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 28 Nov</p><p>published in COLLECTED POEMS (Shearsman Books, 2008)</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/143680/through-the-looking-glass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/143680/through-the-looking-glass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.poetryfoundation.org/poems</span><span class="invisible">/143680/through-the-looking-glass</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#WomenWriters</a> <a href="/tags/postmodern/" rel="tag">#postmodern</a></p>

Through the Looking Glass
by Veronica Forrest-Thomson

Mirror, mirror on the wall
show me in succession all
my faces, that I may view
and choose which I would like as true.

Teach me skill to disguise
what’s not pleasing to the eyes,
with faith, that life obeys the rules,
in man or God or football pools.

Always keep me well content
to decorate attitude and event
so that somehow behind the scene
I may believe my actions mean;

that one can exercise control
in playing out a chosen role;
rub clouded glass and then,
at will, write self on it again.

But if, in some unlucky glance,
I should glimpse naked circumstance
in all its nowhere-going-to,
may you crack before I do.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1914.</p><p>Arthur Machen's short story "The Bowmen" is published in The Evening News (London).</p><p>In this story, written and published during World War I, the ghosts of archers from the battle of Agincourt, led by Saint George, come to the aid of British troops. This is cited as the origin of the Angels of Mons legend.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M</span><span class="invisible">achen</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_o</span><span class="invisible">f_Mons</span></a></p><p>The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14044" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14044</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1909.</p><p>Franz Kafka's short story "The Aeroplanes at Brescia (Die Aeroplane in Brescia)", based on a real event, is published in the Prague newspaper Bohemia, as the first description of airplanes in German literature.</p><p>It describes an airshow near the Italian city of Brescia, which Kafka saw with two of his friends (Max and his brother Otto Brod) during their journey to Italy.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aeroplanes_at_Brescia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aeroplanes_at_Brescia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aero</span><span class="invisible">planes_at_Brescia</span></a></p><p>Full transcription here:<br><a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aeroplane_in_Brescia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aeroplane_in_Brescia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Aer</span><span class="invisible">oplane_in_Brescia</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Part of its publication in Bohemia, 29 September 1909.

Franz Kafka - Bohemia, 29. September 1909, Morgen-Ausgabe. 82. Jahrgang, 269. Ausgabe

Edited 1y ago

3 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1822.</p><p>The Rosetta Stone was deciphered by Jean-François Champollion.</p><p>Major advances in the decoding were recognition that the stone offered three versions of the same text (1799); that the Demotic text used phonetic characters to spell foreign names (1802); that the hieroglyphic text did so as well, & had pervasive similarities to the Demotic (1814); & that phonetic characters were also used to spell native Egyptian words (1822–1824).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_</span><span class="invisible">Stone</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hieroglyphs/" rel="tag">#hieroglyphs</a> <a href="/tags/egyptology/" rel="tag">#egyptology</a></p>

Champollion's table of hieroglyphic phonetic characters with their demotic and Coptic equivalents (1822).

Champollion, "Letter to Monsieur Dacier"; Champollion, "Carta a Monsieur Dacier"

The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is a decree passed by a council of priests, one of a series that affirm the royal cult of the 13 year-old Ptolemy V on the first anniversary of his coronation.

1 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p>Russian chemist Vera Yevstafievna Popova was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>Popova became known for her work in organic chemistry, a field that was rapidly developing in the late 19th century. She contributed to research on the synthesis of chemical compounds, particularly focusing on organic substances. One of her most significant areas of study was the preparation of peroxides. It was her work on these compounds that led to her untimely death. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Yevstafievna_Popova" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Yevstafievna_Popova"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Yev</span><span class="invisible">stafievna_Popova</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/chemistry/" rel="tag">#chemistry</a> <a href="/tags/womeninstem/" rel="tag">#womeninSTEM</a></p>

Vera Jevstafjevna Popova (née Bogdanovskaia, 1868-1897), Russian Empire chemist.

Vera Popova is depicted as a poised and composed woman, with a calm and thoughtful expression. Her hair may be neatly arranged, possibly in a traditional updo that reflects the conservative fashion of the late 19th century.

She may be wearing a high-collared dress, common during the period, possibly adorned with lace or simple embroidery.

Her expression is calm and composed, suggesting a thoughtful and serious personality.

2 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1962.</p><p>Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.</p><p>The book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of DDT, a pesticide used by soldiers during WW2. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry's marketing claims unquestioningly.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_S</span><span class="invisible">pring</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a></p>

Cover of the first edition of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, published in September 23, 1962.

10 0 1 View Post & Replies See Original

1y

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1886.</p><p>The "Symbolist Manifesto" is placed in the French newspaper Le Figaro by a Greek-born poet Jean Moréas, who calls Symbolism hostile to "plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and matter-of-fact description," and intended to "clothe the Ideal in a perceptible form" whose "goal was not in itself, but whose sole purpose was to express the Ideal."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolist_Manifesto" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolist_Manifesto"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolis</span><span class="invisible">t_Manifesto</span></a></p><p>Symbolism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Symbolism&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Henri Fantin-Latour, By the Table, 1872, depicting: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Léon Valade, Ernest d'Hervilly and Camille Pelletan (seated); Pierre Elzéar, Emile Blémont, and Jean Aicard (standing)

Un coin de table, painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872, musée d'Orsay.

The painting shows a group of men seated around a small, round table in a quiet, somber interior, with little decoration in the background. The scene appears intimate and contemplative, focusing on the figures rather than the environment. The table is partially set with a few items, hinting at a casual, intellectual gathering.

The group consists of eight men, including Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, and Émile Blémont, representing the vibrant literary culture of the time.

Verlaine, positioned near the center, appears contemplative, while the young Rimbaud, seated at the far end, gazes intensely, his presence adding a layer of intrigue to the scene.

0 0 0 View Post & Replies See Original

Previous Page Next Page