Boy Lighting a Pipe, 1623

“Certain bodies… Become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark” – Marie Curie Boy Lighting a Pipe – Hendrick Read More …

A grateful world to the dealer in happiness, 1844

“What signal?” The captain pointed towards the island, up the side of which ascended a volume of smoke, increasing as it rose. “Ah, yes,” he said, as if awaking from a dream. “Give it to me.” -Alexandre Dumas, the Count Read More …