#histnat — Public Fediverse posts
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"What began as a simple curiosity-led search for a single specimen quickly snowballed. This 77-year-old enquiry had suddenly launched me into a deep dive into entangled stories of colonial history, war time losses and bird taxonomy."
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"What began as a simple curiosity-led search for a single specimen quickly snowballed. This 77-year-old enquiry had suddenly launched me into a deep dive into entangled stories of colonial history, war time losses and bird taxonomy."
#histnat #histsci #museum #collections -
Plus vrai que nature !
L'art des moulages ichtyologiques :
https://natsca.blog/2026/06/25/twisted-tales-of-gallery-oldhams-collection-of-fish-casts/ #histnat #artsci #sciart #collections #museum -
Plus vrai que nature !
L'art des moulages ichtyologiques :
https://natsca.blog/2026/06/25/twisted-tales-of-gallery-oldhams-collection-of-fish-casts/ #histnat #artsci #sciart #collections #museum -
Modèle en cire sur panneau représentant la fécondation de la citrouille, réalisé par Luigi Calamai sous la direction de Giovan Battista Amici. Photo : Musée d’histoire naturelle de l’Université de Florence
#histnat #artsci #sciart #botanique
https://www.finestresullarte.info/fr/carnets-de-voyage/3578v_les-incroyables-figures-en-cire-vegetale-de-la-specola-de-florence-les-faux-fruits-qui-ont-emerveille-le-monde.php -
Modèle en cire sur panneau représentant la fécondation de la citrouille, réalisé par Luigi Calamai sous la direction de Giovan Battista Amici. Photo : Musée d’histoire naturelle de l’Université de Florence
#histnat #artsci #sciart #botanique
https://www.finestresullarte.info/fr/carnets-de-voyage/3578v_les-incroyables-figures-en-cire-vegetale-de-la-specola-de-florence-les-faux-fruits-qui-ont-emerveille-le-monde.php -
Enfin disponible en ligne : la thèse "Génie de la collection et échanges savants au XVIIe siècle, le modèle social et la symbolique culturelle du cabinet de curiosités" de Lorenzo Cirrincione !
#histsci #histmed #histnat #materialCulture #materialhistory #histart #collections -
Enfin disponible en ligne : la thèse "Génie de la collection et échanges savants au XVIIe siècle, le modèle social et la symbolique culturelle du cabinet de curiosités" de Lorenzo Cirrincione !
#histsci #histmed #histnat #materialCulture #materialhistory #histart #collections -
Dans le premier article de fond, on s’intéresse aux deux expéditions islandaises menées en 1835–1836 par le naturaliste français Paul Gaimard. Les scientifiques étudient l’île sous tous les aspects : botanique, zoologie, météorologie, histoire, ethnographie, linguistique, littérature… Ici, nous nous focalisons sur les manifestations volcaniques du pays (Geysir, le mont Hekla…) et sur les théories géologiques proposées à l’époque pour tenter d’expliquer ces phénomènes.
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#histoire #histnat #Islande -
Dans le premier article de fond, on s’intéresse aux deux expéditions islandaises menées en 1835–1836 par le naturaliste français Paul Gaimard. Les scientifiques étudient l’île sous tous les aspects : botanique, zoologie, météorologie, histoire, ethnographie, linguistique, littérature… Ici, nous nous focalisons sur les manifestations volcaniques du pays (Geysir, le mont Hekla…) et sur les théories géologiques proposées à l’époque pour tenter d’expliquer ces phénomènes.
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#histoire #histnat #Islande -
Misleading names, by the wonderful @rosemarymosco
https://rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-and-moon/misleading-names
#whatsinAName #taxonomy #histnat -
Misleading names, by the wonderful @rosemarymosco
https://rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-and-moon/misleading-names
#whatsinAName #taxonomy #histnat -
"Milk sickness is a kind of poisoning that affects individuals who ingest milk, other dairy products, or meat from a cow that has fed on the white snakeroot plant, which contains the poison tremetol."
"Dr. Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby is credited with identifying the plant in the 1830s. Legend has it that she was taught about the plant's properties by a Shawnee woman."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_sickness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_altissima#Toxicity
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"Milk sickness is a kind of poisoning that affects individuals who ingest milk, other dairy products, or meat from a cow that has fed on the white snakeroot plant, which contains the poison tremetol."
"Dr. Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby is credited with identifying the plant in the 1830s. Legend has it that she was taught about the plant's properties by a Shawnee woman."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_sickness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_altissima#Toxicity
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Carl Linnaeus: The Dragon Slayer.
"In one of his autobiographies, Linnaeus describes his pride in his discovery of the fraud: “The dragon in Hamburg had fooled all curieusa in the world until Archiater Linnaeus arrived and found him made by art”. In another one of his autobiographies, he proudly claims that “he was the first who discovered from the teeth that this monster was not by nature but an artis miraculum.” This satisfaction at disproving their existence suggests a deeper desire to disprove dragons."
Sierra Lopezalle
#animhist #histnat #histsci
https://thesis.caltech.edu/13776/02/lopezalles_thesis_final.pdf -
Carl Linnaeus: The Dragon Slayer.
"In one of his autobiographies, Linnaeus describes his pride in his discovery of the fraud: “The dragon in Hamburg had fooled all curieusa in the world until Archiater Linnaeus arrived and found him made by art”. In another one of his autobiographies, he proudly claims that “he was the first who discovered from the teeth that this monster was not by nature but an artis miraculum.” This satisfaction at disproving their existence suggests a deeper desire to disprove dragons."
Sierra Lopezalle
#animhist #histnat #histsci
https://thesis.caltech.edu/13776/02/lopezalles_thesis_final.pdf -
The fake Dodo at the Crystal Palace (1851):
#histnat #museum #taxidermy
https://archive.org/details/guidetogreatexhi00grea/page/176/mode/1up -
The fake Dodo at the Crystal Palace (1851):
#histnat #museum #taxidermy
https://archive.org/details/guidetogreatexhi00grea/page/176/mode/1up -
"The Struggle with the Quarry", originally shown at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in London in 1851.
https://www.grosvenorprints.com/stock_detail.php?ref=31021
https://goldengrenades.com/the-tale-of-two-naturalists/
https://archive.org/details/guidetogreatexhi00grea/page/67/mode/1up #histnat #taxidermy #animhist #museum -
"The Struggle with the Quarry", originally shown at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in London in 1851.
https://www.grosvenorprints.com/stock_detail.php?ref=31021
https://goldengrenades.com/the-tale-of-two-naturalists/
https://archive.org/details/guidetogreatexhi00grea/page/67/mode/1up #histnat #taxidermy #animhist #museum -
Rosalie de Constant, botaniste et illustratrice suisse, 1758-1834 :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_de_Constant
https://dehautelutte.eprouvette-unil.ch/rosalie-de-constant/index.html
#histnat #womeninStem -
Rosalie de Constant, botaniste et illustratrice suisse, 1758-1834 :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_de_Constant
https://dehautelutte.eprouvette-unil.ch/rosalie-de-constant/index.html
#histnat #womeninStem -
#Parution Pour une histoire globale des opiacés.
https://academic.oup.com/book/62592
#histsci #histnat #histmed -
#Parution Pour une histoire globale des opiacés.
https://academic.oup.com/book/62592
#histsci #histnat #histmed -
"The giraffe suffered badly from injuries sustained on the long journey from deepest Africa to Windsor. In the months before her death she was unable to stand and a giant frame with a sling was constructed to hoist her up."
#animhist #histnat
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/dissecting-a-giraffe-image-john-doyles-le-mort-1829/ -
"The giraffe suffered badly from injuries sustained on the long journey from deepest Africa to Windsor. In the months before her death she was unable to stand and a giant frame with a sling was constructed to hoist her up."
#animhist #histnat
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/dissecting-a-giraffe-image-john-doyles-le-mort-1829/ -
Ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'on voit un volcan naître sous ses yeux !
Dès le premier jour, il passe de simple fissure dans le sol à un cône de 30 mètres de haut...
Un fil superbement illustré sur la folle histoire du Paricutin :
https://bsky.app/profile/maitre-poulard.bsky.social/post/3mns3xuhce72l
#histsci #histnat #geology #volcan #vulcanology -
Ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'on voit un volcan naître sous ses yeux !
Dès le premier jour, il passe de simple fissure dans le sol à un cône de 30 mètres de haut...
Un fil superbement illustré sur la folle histoire du Paricutin :
https://bsky.app/profile/maitre-poulard.bsky.social/post/3mns3xuhce72l
#histsci #histnat #geology #volcan #vulcanology -
Medieval Birdwatcher's Guide, A very funny tribute to medieval bestiaries :)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWCx8wzk7Z9/?img_index=2
#atysci #histsci #histnat -
Medieval Birdwatcher's Guide, A very funny tribute to medieval bestiaries :)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWCx8wzk7Z9/?img_index=2
#atysci #histsci #histnat -
The hidden beauty of tiny seeds.
#histnat #artsci #sciart
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU0jU6EjYru/ -
The hidden beauty of tiny seeds.
#histnat #artsci #sciart
https://www.instagram.com/p/DU0jU6EjYru/ -
J'ai pu assister aujourd'hui à la séance du séminaire "Muséums et enjeux contemporains. Quels discours sur les collections d'histoire naturelle ?" dans l'amphi dit de la Baleine de @LeMuseum .
Je ne l'ai pas regretté !
#museum #mnhn #pstn #histnat #teampat
https://kit-106.sorbonne-universite.fr/la-recherche/les-seminaires-reguliers/museums-et-enjeux-contemporains -
J'ai pu assister aujourd'hui à la séance du séminaire "Muséums et enjeux contemporains. Quels discours sur les collections d'histoire naturelle ?" dans l'amphi dit de la Baleine de @LeMuseum .
Je ne l'ai pas regretté !
#museum #mnhn #pstn #histnat #teampat
https://kit-106.sorbonne-universite.fr/la-recherche/les-seminaires-reguliers/museums-et-enjeux-contemporains -
#TIL Nazis didn't kill Churchill's platypus.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o #histnat -
#TIL Nazis didn't kill Churchill's platypus.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o #histnat -
The pitfalls of naming dimorphic species, by the ever wonderful @rosemarymosco :
#histnat #WhatsInAName #FemaleErasure
https://www.tumblr.com/birdandmoon/817771313933500416/female-birds-with-confusing-names-sign-up-for-my -
The pitfalls of naming dimorphic species, by the ever wonderful @rosemarymosco :
#histnat #WhatsInAName #FemaleErasure
https://www.tumblr.com/birdandmoon/817771313933500416/female-birds-with-confusing-names-sign-up-for-my -
« Concevoir la plante par la racine à l’époque moderne : du passage de la figure anthropomorphique à la racine-objet », nouvel article de Tassanee Alleau.
#histsci #histnat #botanique #earlymodern #materialCulture
https://journals.openedition.org/essais/15256 -
« Concevoir la plante par la racine à l’époque moderne : du passage de la figure anthropomorphique à la racine-objet », nouvel article de Tassanee Alleau.
#histsci #histnat #botanique #earlymodern #materialCulture
https://journals.openedition.org/essais/15256 -
"Perhaps the single most influential contributor to the tomato's healthy image was Dr. John Cook Bennett, a quixotic figure in mid-western history. (...) In his introductory lecture at Willoughby, Bennett declared that tomatoes successfully treated diarrhea, violent bilious attacks, and dyspepsia (indigestion). He recommended that tomatoes replace calomel because they were less harmful, predicting that "a chemical extract will probably soon be obtained from it which will altogether supersede the use of Calomel in the cure of diseases." (...) Bennett urged all citizens to eat tomatoes raw, cooked or in catsup, as they were "the most healthy article of the Materia Alimentary." Bennett included recipes for tomato sauce, fried tomatoes, tomato pickles, tomato catsup, and eating raw tomatoes."
Now that's truth in advertisement: Tomatoes, healthier than *actual mercury*!
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41112510
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"Perhaps the single most influential contributor to the tomato's healthy image was Dr. John Cook Bennett, a quixotic figure in mid-western history. (...) In his introductory lecture at Willoughby, Bennett declared that tomatoes successfully treated diarrhea, violent bilious attacks, and dyspepsia (indigestion). He recommended that tomatoes replace calomel because they were less harmful, predicting that "a chemical extract will probably soon be obtained from it which will altogether supersede the use of Calomel in the cure of diseases." (...) Bennett urged all citizens to eat tomatoes raw, cooked or in catsup, as they were "the most healthy article of the Materia Alimentary." Bennett included recipes for tomato sauce, fried tomatoes, tomato pickles, tomato catsup, and eating raw tomatoes."
Now that's truth in advertisement: Tomatoes, healthier than *actual mercury*!
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41112510
#histmed #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Pour la Journée mondiale des abeilles, #WorldBeeDay2026, #rediff de mon billet sur l'histoire du sceau de @LeMuseum :) 🐝🐚 🐍
https://lignedescience.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/le-museum-national-fait-sceau-neuf/ #histsci #histnat -
Saviez-vous que l'Université Paris-Saclay a aménagé dans les locaux de l'ancien synchrotron un petit musée pour valoriser sa collection de minéralogie ?
Il est ouvert au public pour les Journées nationales de la géologie vendredi 5, samedi 6 et dimanche 7 juin 2026 de 10h à 17h !
#PSTN #mineralogie #géologie #museum #histnat #histsci