This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures,...
100 months ago

Here you will learn about the settlement of Parsis in Bombay and the development of the China trade which lead to the growth of Parsi wealth...
38 months ago

It was perhaps the Governor's delighted response to Ardaseer's domestic invention, as much as his achievements in steam machinery that gave Ardaseer the...
108 months ago

Using dramatised readings of contemporary voices, discover the excitement and impact of photography from those who encountered its beginnings.
19 months ago

The man bears a strong resemblance to the photographer (and later ophthalmic surgeon) Jabez Hogg, who in 1843 published a 'Manual of Photography'.
17 months ago

This article explores this Indian anthropology of Victorian selfhood through sustained attention to a single text: Karsandas Mulji's Inglaṇḍmāṃ Pravās (Travels...
82 months ago

Exhibition: 'A New Power: Photography in Britain 1800-1850' at the ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. Exhibition dates: 1st February –...
18 months ago

This is a rapid introductory survey of the range and chronology of post-1840 ships, boats and submarines concentrating on the larger types of ship and...
50 months ago

This article explores the nature and limitations of humanitarian political economy by discussing metropolitan British responses to a major famine
53 months ago

This instrument of new power harnessed technology and science to capture light in order to reflect back to man an image of himself as he would like to be seen.
98 months ago