Meet Rudolph Ackermann
Meet Rudolph Ackermann: Regency Era bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and entrepreneur
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The Welsh Dragon
This week’s research rabbit hole ended in Wales. I was writing along, minding my own business, when I realized I really, really needed to know the name of the dragon who met with Uther Pendragon to craft the Pendragon Accords that led to the formation of the Blue Order.
Continue reading →Jefferson’s Multitool
Thomas Jefferson owned a multitool, purchased between 1767 and 1819.
Continue reading →Not your Father’s Multitool
One never really knows what will happen jumping down the research rabbit hole. Sometimes you expect to end up in one era and you end up very far away!
Continue reading →Blue Dyes
Unlike blue pigments, blue indigo dye was far more accessible in the ancient world and to the common man.
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