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The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

Tabea Tietz
On September 16, 1835, the New York Sun concedes that her serial article about the sensational discoveries of astronomer Sir John Herschel about the Moon was only a hoax to increase their circulation. In the history of newspaper this scandal is referred to as ‘The Great Moon Hoax of 1835‘. “GREAT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES LATELY MADE BY SIR JOHN HERSCHEL, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c. At the Cape of Good Hope” [From Supplement to the…
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Alois Senefelder revolutionized Printing Technology

Alois Senefelder revolutionized Printing Technology

Harald Sack
On November 6, 1771, Alois Senefelder, actor, playwright, and inventor of the lithographic printing technology was born. Background and Early Career Senefelder was the son of Franz Peter Sennfelder, a Munich court actor from Königshofen in Franconia, and his wife Katharina, née von Volk. Senefelder was born in Prague because his parents gave guest performances there. The young Senefelder studied at Munich and received a scholarship, which enabled him to study jurisprudence…
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The Pencil of Nature – Photographic Pioneer Henry Fox Talbot

The Pencil of Nature – Photographic Pioneer Henry Fox Talbot

Harald Sack
On February 11, 1800, Henry Fox Talbot, British inventor and photography pioneer was born, who invented the calotype process, a precursor to photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries. Like other pioneers of early photography, Talbot not only was occupied with the processing technology, but also is known as an photographic artist. Moreover, Talbot‘s talents also extended to mathematics, astronomy, and archaeology. Actually, he even participated in the translation of the…
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Johannes Gutenberg – Man of the Milennium

Johannes Gutenberg – Man of the Milennium

Tabea Tietz
On February 3, 1468, German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg – or simply Johannes Gutenberg – passed away. His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the single most important event of the modern period. The Art or Printing The art of printing presumably laid its foundation in Asia around the 6th century, when Buddhistic priests in China built printing block…
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