#18th century

Stories tagged “18th century” in the Weird Science History archive — 10 stories connected by this topic.

• The Scientists Who Sat in a Room Hot Enough to Cook a Steak — and Walked Out Fine
• The Priest Who Put Tiny Taffeta Pants on Frogs to Find Out Where Babies Come From
• The Blindfolded Boy Who Fainted at the Wrong Apricot Tree
• The Turkey Benjamin Franklin Tried to Electrocute — and Shocked Himself Instead
• The Abbé Who Shocked 200 Monks in a Line a Mile Long to Time the Speed of Electricity
• The Planet That Was Officially Named 'George' for 67 Years
• The Fake Fossils Carved to Humiliate a Professor — Who Then Published a Book About Them
• The Woman Who Convinced the King's Surgeon She Gave Birth to Rabbits
• The Mechanical Duck That Fooled Paris With Fake Poop
• The Self-Taught Carpenter Who Solved the Deadliest Problem in Ocean Navigation

Related topics: #Benjamin Franklin #electricity #history of physics #astronomy #history of medicine #hoaxes #measurement #obstetrics