History Series 135 of 245 📚1918!
Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered. 💫 This is based on “Making a Nova” graphic from @nasa via @wikipedia. A nova is “transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, 1/2
#AstronomyDay! 🔭💫✨Vintage illustration from Sidney Hall (1831) via @byrawpixel.
#wegat #wearegoodatthis #funeveryday
#DrawABirdDay I liked this illustration because it had the art and the hieroglyphics; some of which were also in the shape of birds.
#champillon / @nypl @byrawpixel
#wegat #wearegoodatthis #funeveryday
#TeflonDay 🥳 Serendipity or happy accidents (like discovery of Teflon) are not uncommon in history. The serendipitous nature of some scientific findings does not minimize their validity or potential positive impact.
#history #science #wegat
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1865! Whymper, Hudson, Croz,Douglas, and Hadow are the first to climb Matterhorn ⛰ which is in the Alps. Haven’t climbed the Alps yet, but I think I’ve been on the Disneyland ride. 🙃
📸: #samferrara / @unsplash
Coronatessellation #351
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1862! Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll makes up m story that becomes Alice in Wonderland while on a rowboat for 10 yo Alice Liddell and her sisters. A few characters 👑❤️🐰🥚 based on Henderson illustration (1913) @smithsonian via @byrawpixel.