The Marlette Flume was hardly Nevada’s only 19th-century engineering wonder: the Silver State’s rise was built on ambitious ...

World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 ...

1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century ... “the nineteenth century’s spirit of inquiry through science and technology, the arts ...

By the mid-19th century, the push for standardization had become increasingly urgent. Scientific discovery was accelerating, global trade was booming and industrial projects were growing in scale ...

A 19th century Victorian Crossley engine discovered in Edinburgh is to go on display. The extremely rare engine is one of only three in existence, and the oldest surviving engine in Europe. It was ...

The skeletal remains of a 19th-century French child revealed evidence of rickets and scurvy, alongside high mercury levels, suggesting mercury was used as a treatment.