William Bourne (c. 1535–1582) of Gravesend innkeeper, gunner, surveyor, and first English author of a book on navigation
#HistoryOf Navigation #RenaissanceScience
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/the-first-rule-is-of-a-good-navigator/

#OnThisDay, 24 May 1930, Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

Listen to Amy describing her flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWkAib0U3hg

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #WomenPilots #HistoryOf Flight

@histodons I have just read the greatest pivot for historical context in the history of New Yorker essays. BRAVO!

...People have been slapping one another since before we were people: just about any creature with a hand, or a paw, will sometimes be moved to swing it in irritation, often without first making a fist. So no one can claim to have invented slapping, or even competitive slapping.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/a-new-tv-show-thats-a-real-slap-in-the-face

#newyorker #historyof...sports? #histodons

Johannes Fabricius the first astronomer to publish telescopic observations of sunspots was born 8 January 1587 #historyof astronomy #biography
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/spotting-the-spots/

An over long and rather grumpy review of James Vincent's "Beyond Measure" #bookreview #historyof measurement
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2023/01/04/god-made-all-things-by-measure-number-and-weight1/

Mais que voilà-je ? C'est ma première vraie vidéo YouTube ! En avant-première à 19h, viens, on pourra parler en direct dans le chat 😁
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👉🏽 https://youtu.be/JW2f7koeAl8
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#historyusa #historyof #vulgarisationdessavoirs #histordon #youtube2022

Mais que voilà-je ? C'est ma première vraie vidéo YouTube ! En avant-première à 19h, viens, on pourra parler en direct dans le chat 😁
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👉🏽 https://youtu.be/JW2f7koeAl8
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N'oubliez pas d'activer la 🔔 pour ne rien rater !
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#historyusa #historyof #vulgarisationdessavoirs #histordon #youtube2022

Andreas Osiander, who edited Copernicus' De revolutionibus and added the ad lectorum, was born 19 December c. 1496 #histsci #historyof astronomy #Copernicus #bookhistory
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/the-greatest-villain-in-the-history-of-science/
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Andreas Osiander, who edited Copernicus' De revolutionibus and added the ad lectorum, was born 19 December c. 1496 #histsci #historyof astronomy #Copernicus #bookhistory
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/the-greatest-villain-in-the-history-of-science/