Sophia had triumphed: she reigned in the name of her two brothers, Ivan and Peter.Continuing Peter the Great Suppresses the Streltsi,our selection
Archives for October 2011
Peter the Great Suppresses the Streltsi
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Court Factions Fight for Control During Peter’s Childhood.IntroductionIt
Photography Invented – 5
Today's installment concludes Photography Invented,our selection by William Jerome Harrison.If you have journeyed through all of the
Photography Invented – 4
It was at this period that Madame Daguerre sought advice as to the sanity of her husband and was not perhaps much comforted by the assurance of the
Photography Invented – 3
The discovery which I have made and to which I give the name of 'heliography,' consists in producing spontaneously, by the action of light, with
Photography Invented – 2
Making but a short stay in England, Niepce returned to France, where, in 1829, he entered into a partnership with another investigator named
Photography Invented
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAmong modem inventions, that of photography is one of the most valuable for varied
Eight Mounds of Buddha’s Relics
Today's installment concludes The Foundation of Buddhism,our selection from Buddahism: Its History and Literature by Thomas W. Rhys-Davids published
The Naked Ascetic
“This day the Samana Gautama has been dead a week! That is how I obtained this Mandarava flower."Continuing The Foundation of Buddhism,our