London's Canal Museum, which was formerly one of Gatti's ice houses. Photo courtesy of the museum. In around 1860, Gatti started importing ice from Norway. The ice came up the Thames, and transferred to barges at the Regent's Canal Dock (today Limehouse Basin), then along the Regent's...
In ancient Rome, among the aristocracy snow began to be used in recipes that can be considered the progeny of gelato: mixtures of fruit or fruit juices and milk were frozen by putting them inside the ice-houses. 在古罗马, 贵族阶层所拥有的雪,开始被用于被认为是意式冰淇淋始源的配方中:将水果...
Ice would be collected in winter and stored in specially made ice houses. It's thought that the first ice house was built in 1780 BC by King Zimri-Lim of Mari in what was then Mesopotamia (and is now Syria). Ice Harvest on the Hudson River c. 1870 Ice cream lover Thomas Jefferson h...
There’s something extremely charming about entering a room and seeing a crowd of ventriloquist dummies(口技假人) staring back at you. That’s what you get at Vent Haven Museum, which houses more than 900 dummies. It started as one man’s private collection, and it’s still semi-private ...
Shakespearean Playhouses : A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Every new generation of semiconductor technology delivers the advantage of higher levels of integration and performance, providing advanced capabilities in a multitude of electronic applications. However, the shri...
of the past. We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day. You’ll hear deep dives into the lives of famous historical figures like Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn and Winston Churchill, and explorations of intriguing events from the past, such as the ...
And tragically as of June 6, 2021, no federal anti-lynching legislation has passed both houses of Congress despite racial violence remaining a serious problem. Despite the prominent role lynching played in maintaining white supremacy in the United States during Jim Crow, most white students will ...
Let’s swirl through the story of Nancy Johnson and her scoop-print on ice cream history! Nancy Johnson’s Ice Cream Invention In the heart of the 19th century, ice cream was a luxury reserved for those with access to ice houses and who could afford to employ personal chefs. Nancy ...
Speaking to Emily Briffett, Professor Andrew Jotischky traces the history of monastic life from its early origins in the fourth century right up to the 16th century. He explores the pivotal role these religious houses played as society's 'prayer factories', and examines the experiences of the...
Wherefore now, seriously and in good sadness, to instruct you and all gentlemen of worship, how to reform all unsavoury places of your houses, whether they be caused by privies or sinks, or such like (for the annoyance coming all of like causes, the remedies need not be much unlike), ...