Regency Science and Invention: Matches

        The first friction matchstick was invented in England by John Walker in 1827, after years of experimentation.  Walker was a chemist/druggist Continue

Regency Science and Invention: Coffee and the Art of Preparing It

Appearing in the February 1813 edition of the Philosophical Magazine, the improved coffee pot purported to make better coffee than pots of the past. DH Continue