New Old Time

Victorian mineral cabinet circa 1893 with glass-fronted drawers displaying labelled quartz, galena, pyrite and amethyst specimens, magnifying glass and open natural history book on mahogany surface - LeBonJournal

The Crystal and the Classroom: Feliks Wermiński...

In 1893, a Polish naturalist named Feliks Wermiński published a series of illustrated plates for use in Polish schools — among them two extraordinary plates of mineral specimens that turned...

The Crystal and the Classroom: Feliks Wermiński...

In 1893, a Polish naturalist named Feliks Wermiński published a series of illustrated plates for use in Polish schools — among them two extraordinary plates of mineral specimens that turned...

Edwardian doctor's consulting room circa 1912 with brain and nervous system anatomical wall chart behind mahogany desk, stethoscope and medical books, dark wood paneling and sash window in Downton Abbey style - LeBonJournal

The Brain on the Wall: Robert E. Holding, E.J. ...

In the early twentieth century, British schoolchildren learned about the brain and nervous system from large illustrated wall charts hanging in their classrooms. This is the story of those charts,...

The Brain on the Wall: Robert E. Holding, E.J. ...

In the early twentieth century, British schoolchildren learned about the brain and nervous system from large illustrated wall charts hanging in their classrooms. This is the story of those charts,...

Victorian German railway engineering drawing room circa 1908, technical drawing board with locomotive blueprint plans, compasses and ruling pens, large windows overlooking steam locomotives and vintage carriages on the platforms below - LeBonJournal

The Blueprint and the Locomotive: R. Menzel's S...

In 1908, at the height of the steam age, a German technical illustrator named R. Menzel produced a cross-section diagram of a locomotive that became one of the defining images...

The Blueprint and the Locomotive: R. Menzel's S...

In 1908, at the height of the steam age, a German technical illustrator named R. Menzel produced a cross-section diagram of a locomotive that became one of the defining images...

Victorian gentleman fly fisher standing in an English chalk stream circa 1892, tweed jacket and bucket hat with artificial flies, wicker creel at his side, casting a split-cane rod under willow trees - LeBonJournal

Mary Orvis Marbury and the Art of the Artificia...

In 1892, a woman named Mary Orvis Marbury published a book that would become one of the foundational texts of American fly fishing: Favourite Flies and Their Histories, a comprehensive...

Mary Orvis Marbury and the Art of the Artificia...

In 1892, a woman named Mary Orvis Marbury published a book that would become one of the foundational texts of American fly fishing: Favourite Flies and Their Histories, a comprehensive...

Grand Victorian ceremonial hall circa 1908 with flags of the British Empire and European nations displayed on tall flagpoles, Edwardian figures in formal dress in the background - LeBonJournal

Flags of the World in 1908: The Harmsworth Atla...

In 1908, six years before the Great War would redraw the map of the world, the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer published two flag charts that captured the political order of...

Flags of the World in 1908: The Harmsworth Atla...

In 1908, six years before the Great War would redraw the map of the world, the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer published two flag charts that captured the political order of...

Victorian geologist examining layered rock strata at an English coastal cliff face circa 1850s, geological hammer and notebook in hand, sea in the background - LeBonJournal

Reading the Earth: John Morris, James Reynolds,...

In the 1850s, as geology transformed from gentlemanly curiosity into rigorous science, a lithographer named John Morris and a London publisher named James Reynolds created a series of colored diagrams...

Reading the Earth: John Morris, James Reynolds,...

In the 1850s, as geology transformed from gentlemanly curiosity into rigorous science, a lithographer named John Morris and a London publisher named James Reynolds created a series of colored diagrams...