Punch,  57 (1869), 187.

Historical Facts (Being Extracts from the Celebrated Course of Colwell-Hatchney Lectures, for the Use of Students, and All Those Whom Providence Has Blessed with Affluence)  [3/3]

Anon

Genre:

Catechism, Spoof, Serial

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Genius, Exploration, Cosmology


    Under the heading of 'Genius', claims that 'Humboldt insisted on remaining in the cradle until he had finished his Kosmos, a work of much labour and extensive research'.



© Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Project, Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, 2005 - 2020

Printed from Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical: An Electronic Index, v. 4.0, The Digital Humanities Institute <http://www.sciper.org> [accessed ]