George Catlin's c. 1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art ...

Shake off the cobwebs and give your brain a workout with this 19th Century test. This exam paper, now owned by the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons, was produced by the UK’s first ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

Yet this struggle has a long history. Ironically, coal itself faced a similar pushback in the early 19th century, when it was the newfangled power source that promised to solve many of the country ...

A colossal squid has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time, 100 years after the species was discovered. The rare footage was captured on March 9 by Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely ...

The weaving mechanism for garment production involves ... Picking: Inserting the weft yarn (transverse thread) through the shed using a shuttle or shuttleless systems (air jets, rapier, or ...