The Discovery Of Electricity Led To Parlor Performances Of Its Power
“Bose, who performed for the duchess of Gotha, designed an experiment that turned ladies into electric Venuses. For this demonstration, which he called “Venus electrificata” and which Franklin later renamed the “electric kiss,” a lady stood on an insulated stool while a gentleman tried to kiss her, only to receive painful sparks from her lips. […]
“The Early Days Of American English”
The Wife Of Bath: “The First Ordinary Woman In English Literature”
Samuel Pepys “Blogging The Great Plague Of 1665”
“J. S. Bach The Rebel: The Subversive Practice Of A Canonical Composer”
“I’ve talked to people who feel they know Bach very well, but they aren’t aware of the time he was imprisoned for a month. They never learned about Bach pulling a knife on a fellow musician during a street fight. They never heard about his drinking exploits—on one two-week trip he billed the church eighteen […]