Sensation Science
Dates
- Creation: 1866
Creator
- Bennett, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1867 (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Access to the Theodore Newton Vail Collection of Aeronautical Images, Broadsides and Clippings is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection.
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Box 15
Physical Description
Other
Dimensions
18.5 x 24.5 cm (at longest/widest)
Source used for abstract
Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical: An Electronic Index, v. 3.0, hriOnline Publications /www.sciper.org> [accessed Thu Jul 15 2010]
General Note
Newspaper page from the June 30 1866 issue of Punch magazine, with a variety of columns, riddles and poems. A satirical cartoon titled “Sensation Science” on the page features caricatures of well-known scientists and their work, including a balloon with a face possibly modeled after James Glaisher.
Repository Details
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
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Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
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