Category Archives: Nature

The Aftermath

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

Snippets 133.  According to the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (Volume 2), an earthquake struck Lisbon on 2nd February 1816. The article goes on to list various ships in the region that experienced the shockwave, but other than that details are hard … Continue reading →

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Surviving a Snow Storm

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

Snippets 132.  In 1815 George Head, the assistant commissary-general of the commissariat of the 3rd division of the Spanish army, undertook a journey across North America, snappily titled Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America, Being a … Continue reading →

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The Super Tornado

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

Snippets 131.  On 21st August 1883, exactly 134 years ago today, an F5 tornado hit Rochester, Minnesota. F5 is the most severe level of the Fujita scale, described as causing “incredible damage”. Although this is an estimate, as weather observation … Continue reading →

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A Chilly Night

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

Snippets 126. In 1815 George Head, the assistant commissary-general of the commissariat of the 3rd division of the Spanish army, undertook a journey across North America, snappily titled Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America, Being a Diary … Continue reading →

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The Wonder of Nature

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

Quick Quotes 12. The following is taken from George Head’s Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America (1829): I descended the bank and crossed the river, entering a little way into the forest. All was silence and … Continue reading →

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Tender Memories

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

Quick Quotes 6. The following is taken from William Howitt’s A Country Book: for the field, the forest, and the fireside (1859): But if the days of June are now warm, and brilliant, and beautiful, ah! how soft and beautiful … Continue reading →

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The North Pole

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

Snippets 119.  Exactly 186 years ago today, on 1st June 1831, the first European set foot on the north magnetic pole. Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862) was a British naval officer who accompanied his uncle Sir John Ross on an … Continue reading →

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