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The interior of the SS Bessemer with the gimballed passenger cabin. Source: J R Brown / Public Domain.
23 JAN 2025 · 5 MIN

The SS Bessemer: the Worst Idea in Nautical History?

This is a story about an inventor and his invention. It is the story of striving to create something new and innovation in problem solving. It is also, perhaps more than anything,…
Bram stoker’s Dracula showed us the way to our modern pop-culture vampire. But the author needed to pay homage to existing legends, even as he created something new. Source: Dracula (1931) / Public Domain.
25 DEC 2024 · 6 MIN

Dracula, Stoker’s Vision and the Path to the Modern Vampire

When Dracula was published in 1897 it was an instant success, but one built on an old legend. The strange gothic count of the novel may have been new, but the legend…