The Belgian mathematician and physicist Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was born in Brussels on October 14, 1801. (October 14, 1801 – September 15, 1883)Retouched daguerreotype by Albert Callisto His invention, the ‘phenakistiscope’ was one of the first devices ever to create the illusion of a continuously moving image. He used a spinning disc. The following… Continue reading Animated Beginnings
Famous poet Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 on October 7th. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)Portrait by Samuel S. Osgood, 1845 “Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?” ― Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream within a Dream poem
Famous poet Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 on October 7th. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) Portrait by Samuel S. Osgood, 1845 “Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?” ― Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream within a Dream poem
“In describing this siren, singing and smiling, coaxing and cajoling, the author, with modest pride, asks his readers all round, has he once forgotten the laws of politeness, and showed the monster’s hideous tail above water? No! Those who like may peep down under waves that are pretty transparent and see it writhing and twirling,… Continue reading Mermaid of Vanity
“But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.” – Jane Austen
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