Today's installment concludes Photography Invented,our selection by William Jerome Harrison.If you have journeyed through all of the
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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
Buddha’s Funeral Problems
“Eight chieftains among the Mallas bathed their heads and clad themselves in new garments with the intention of bearing the body of the Blessed One.
When the Blessed One Died
“When the Blessed One died, Sakka, the king of the gods, at the moment of his passing away from existence, uttered this stanza.”Continuing The