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World’s First Underwater Photo The first underwater camera system was developed by French scientist Louis Boutan in 1893.  (via thehistoryprofessor)

World’s First Underwater Photo

The first underwater camera system was developed by French scientist Louis Boutan in 1893.

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A twenty second clip of two cats boxing filmed by Thomas Edison in 1894.

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Train wreck in Montparnasse, Paris 1895. (via: fuckyeahvictorians: sepia-tinted: my-ear-trumpet: savvysilvi: onmyowntwohands)

Train wreck in Montparnasse, Paris 1895.

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Reynaud: Autour d’une cabine (1895).

This is an early animated cartoon!

“Reynaud devised an elaborate variation of the Magic Lantern projector with the background on a static glass slide, and the moving figures painted on gelatin, mounted in individual casings arranged on a sprocketed belt much like the perforations of film. The belt was hand cranked and this large-scale slide show was projected to audiences from behind a translucent screen.” (via).

The operating theater at Bellevue Hospital, New York, c. 1890. (via: thehistoryprofessor: tuesday-johnson)

The operating theater at Bellevue Hospital, New York, c. 1890.

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Crush, Texas, was a temporary “city” established as a one-day publicity stunt in 1896. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (popularly known as the Katy), conceived the idea to demonstrate a train wreck as a spectacle. No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site were at the reduced rate of $2 from any location in Texas. As a result about 40,000 people showed up on September 15, 1896 making the new town of Crush, Texas, temporarily the second-largest city in the state. About 4:00 pm on September 15, 1896, after police had pushed the crowd back to what was thought to be a safe distance, the two trains rolled to opposite ends of a four mile track. The engineers and crew opened the steam to a prearranged setting, rode for exactly 4 turns of the drive wheels, and jumped from the trains. The trains each reached a speed of about 45 MPH by the time they met near the anticipated spot. The impact caused both engine boilers to explode. Debris, some pieces as large as half a drive-wheel, was blown hundreds of feet into the air. Some of the debris came down among the spectators, killing three and injuring several more, including event photographer Jarvis “Joe” Deane, who, struck by a flying bolt, lost one eye. via (via: tuesday-johnson)

Crush, Texas, was a temporary “city” established as a one-day publicity stunt in 1896. William George Crush, general passenger agent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (popularly known as the Katy), conceived the idea to demonstrate a train wreck as a spectacle.

No admission was charged, and train fares to the crash site were at the reduced rate of $2 from any location in Texas. As a result about 40,000 people showed up on September 15, 1896 making the new town of Crush, Texas, temporarily the second-largest city in the state.

About 4:00 pm on September 15, 1896, after police had pushed the crowd back to what was thought to be a safe distance, the two trains rolled to opposite ends of a four mile track. The engineers and crew opened the steam to a prearranged setting, rode for exactly 4 turns of the drive wheels, and jumped from the trains. The trains each reached a speed of about 45 MPH by the time they met near the anticipated spot.

The impact caused both engine boilers to explode. Debris, some pieces as large as half a drive-wheel, was blown hundreds of feet into the air. Some of the debris came down among the spectators, killing three and injuring several more, including event photographer Jarvis “Joe” Deane, who, struck by a flying bolt, lost one eye. via

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Nikola Tesla

“Nikola Tesla (Serbian: Никола Тесла, born 10 July 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia - died 7 January 1943 in New York) was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.” (via)

Photo of Mark Twain in Tesla’s laboratory, circa 1894. In middle age, Tesla became close friends with Mark Twain. They spent a lot of time together in his lab and elsewhere…(via).

Photo of Mark Twain in Tesla’s laboratory, circa 1894.

In middle age, Tesla became close friends with Mark Twain. They spent a lot of time together in his lab and elsewhere…(via).

This is a publicity picture of a participant sitting in Tesla’s laboratory in Colorado Springs with his “Magnifying Transmitter” generating millions of volts. The arcs are about 7 meters (23 ft) long. Tesla’s notes identify this as a multiple exposure photograph. (via).

This is a publicity picture of a participant sitting in Tesla’s laboratory in Colorado Springs with his “Magnifying Transmitter” generating millions of volts. The arcs are about 7 meters (23 ft) long. Tesla’s notes identify this as a multiple exposure photograph. (via).

Professor Bell opening the line between New York and Chicago [from Sun and Shade, 1895] (via:bygoneyears)

Professor Bell opening the line between New York and Chicago [from Sun and Shade, 1895]

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