tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post9182686173298052253..comments2023-12-29T04:56:40.723-05:00Comments on NineteenTeen: Looking to the StarsMarissa Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-9661711888916096882011-03-19T14:45:08.021-04:002011-03-19T14:45:08.021-04:00Actually, in the early part of the century girls w...Actually, in the early part of the century girls were encouraged to study mathematics and science, because literature and especialy poetry were considered far too difficult and heated for their tender and unsteady intellects...which is part of why Byron's daughter became a mathematician--her mother didn't want her dabbling in horid, immoral literature.Marissa Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-64865772703893547872011-03-19T13:22:33.288-04:002011-03-19T13:22:33.288-04:00Very cool! They really were mammoth things. Even...Very cool! They really were mammoth things. Even the hand-helds were hefty! And I do love the attitude toward science in the nineteenth century--the world was there to discover, and anyone might discover it!Regina Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16122254474376535221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-45930358524427585742011-03-18T21:04:29.550-04:002011-03-18T21:04:29.550-04:00I saw Maria Mitchell's telescope in the Smiths...I saw Maria Mitchell's telescope in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. They have a few early telescopes and your post can't even describe how huge they are! I like that there was such an interest in arts and science in the 19th century. It is one of the main things I love about that century. <br /><-- college of Arts & Sciences studentQNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.com