#19th century

Stories tagged “19th century” in the Weird Science History archive — 6 stories connected by this topic.

• The Colonel Who Opened the Great Pyramid With Gunpowder — and Got His Drill Stuck in the Sphinx
• The Dinner Party Where Three Doctors Sniffed Chloroform and Woke Up Under the Table
• The Peasants Who Ate Arsenic in Front of a Room Full of Scientists — and Came Back the Next Day
• The Falling Cat That Seemed to Break the Laws of Physics
• The Canned Food That Arrived 48 Years Before the Can Opener
• The Man Who Found Troy — and Dug Straight Through It

Related topics: #excavation #anesthesia #angular momentum #archaeology #arsenic #canning #cat righting reflex #cats