THE story is worth telling, for whatever the ages may hold in store they can hardly deprive the nineteenth century of the distinction of having witnessed a progress in science without a parallel ...

On June 13, 1863, The Press newspaper of Christchurch published ... These modern concerns bear a striking resemblance to Butler's 19th-century call for pausing mechanical progress.

“Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature ... Rougeux has transformed the static pages of a 19th-century book into an interactive resource. Users can browse across all four volumes ...