The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Before electricity was widely available a number of lighting systems existed to project slide shows and movies (and to illuminate people). Calcium lighting was an early system that involved heating (with oxygen and hydrogen gases) a cylinder of lime, producing some pretty bright light. And yes, the phrase “in the limelight” refers to this type of lighting.
January 25th, 1906
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh. Margaret Kelly. Children’s Heroes series edited by John Lang. Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack, London and E.P. Dutton, New York, 1906. This first edition book includes eight color illustrations by T.H. Robinson.
This biography covers Raleigh’s life from his time as a child listening to sea stories to his death, including his time in the Tower of London and the famous scene where he lays his coat over a mud puddle for the queen.
December 24th, 1906
