Fantastic Worlds

Fantastic Worlds

The companion collection to our exhibition Fantastic Worlds: Science and Fiction 1780-1910. Travel back to a time when new frontiers of science were emerging. We took to the air, charted remote corners of the earth, and harnessed the power of steam and electricity. Writers explored the farther reaches of this new scientific landscape to craft novels, hoaxes, and satires that captured the imagination of readers.

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Cover of Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Nash, Joseph; Haghe, Louis; Roberts, David; Dickinson Brothers (Firm)
Dickinson, Brothers, Her Majesty's Publishers
1854 [i.e. 1852]
Cover of Elements of chemical philosophy

Elements of chemical philosophy

Davy, Humphry, Sir
Printed for J. Johnson and Co. ...
1812

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