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Edinburgh surgeon Andrew Fyfe was born #OTD 1752. Fyfe was an exceptional anatomist & illustrator, although was described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer” (Illustration from 'Anatomy of the Human Body', 1814)
Indian soldier of Tipu Sultan's army,
using his rocket as a flagstaff
By Robert Home (1752-1834)
Madras, c. 1793-4
https://t.co/izpJtFvo22
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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July weather ruled by Sirius & madness of the Dog Days:
"King Sol has now got Sirius for his page:
Some heads go wrong & others madly rage
Which robs them of Reason, Wealth & Time,
Oft Murder too – yet most wink at the Crime"
(Moore’s Almanac 1752)
#FolkloreThursday #Prophecy
スタブ・B・イング 1752~1798
彼の死は衝撃的だった。何より彼自身にとって。
#Minecraft #Minecraft建築コミュ
1645年頃の松阪と1752年頃の松阪。100 年の間に異常なほどの隅違いが生じています。
ちな氏郷が松阪を町割したのは1588~1589年
The phrase "I'm all ears" originated in the 18th century. One of the first recorded uses of the phrase is in an edition of The London Magazine from 1752:
"Now we’re all ears while —- sings."
#onthisday 1752 Benjamin Franklin flew a kite into a thunderstorm ⛈️ He'd attached a Leyden jar that collected the electrical charge when the kite was struck by lightening ⛈️ Here's a Leyden jar from 1869 in the collections https://t.co/RgdzjCrN9x ⛈️
Antonio CORRADINI
(Italia, 1668 -1752).
“Pudicizia”, 1752
Capella Sansevero, Napoli
#sculpture #marble
Plates from William Smellie's 'Theory and Practice of Midwifery' (1752). Smellie, a Lanarkshire-born 'man-midwife' was known for pioneering a scientific approach to midwifery and developing safer obstetrical forceps #InternationalDayoftheMidwife #IDM2019 #18thcentury
How much money does it cost to live an extra year?
365 days times 24 hours=
8760 hours a year.
8760 hpy divided by 5 hour energy=
1752 5 hour energy bottles a year.
1752bpy times $3.17 (price per bottle)=
$5553.84 for one extra year of life using 5 hour energy
Sarah Deshon (born 1752), daughter of John Deshon, a New London ship captain with ties to the Caribbean who later operated as a privateer, painted by William Johnston in 1767 #newlondon #vastearlyamerica #portrait #painting #connecticut #newengland #colo… https://t.co/6oy9k76mlZ
25 March. Lady Day: The Annunciation, when Angel Gabriel revealed Mary would bear Jesus, therefore 9 months till Christmas.
Till 1752 the first day of the year. A vestige remains in UK tax year starting 6 April (New Lady Day) adjusted for 11 days loss at the calendar change.
"Ruins of Paestum near Salerno: The Three Temples" by John Robert Cozens (1752–1799). Gallery Oldham.
Hen Harrier (Z1752) #bird #birding #Ulf4mar19 #drawing #paintings #worldofartists #birddrawing #animalelite #painting
'The Setting of the Sun' by François Boucher(1752) #baroque #rococo #arts #oilpainting #myths #myth #artnet #artlover #artlovers #painting #paintings #artlife #spiritual #spirituality #artmuseum #museum #museums #artmuseums #baroqueart #classic #classical #rococoart
Exquisite #banana flower (Genus Musa). #SciArt by Georg Dionysius Ehret and Johann Jacob Haid for Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrita (1752) by Christoph Jacob Trew. Explore more in @BioDivLibrary: https://t.co/RaQmYVvBYL