10 Crazy Things The Victorians Did

Elite facts presents 10 crazy things the Victorians did 10 glasses for horses a horse owner was convinced that his trusted companion was going blind so he went to an optician and asked for a pair of horse glasses the optician simply referred to as mr. Dolan saw this as the start of a new life long career of providing forces with glasses Dolan became convinced that all horses were short-sighted explaining that that was the reason why they bolted when something scared them they simply couldn't see what it was it's unknown how long Dolan stayed on this career path but it was long enough to test many different kinds of horse glasses eventually settled on a pair of bifocals he believed could work on any horse in the world the greater horse owning public disagreed leaving Dolan's contribution to equine science to disappear into the mists of time 9 communicating with Mars thanks to a mistranslation error the english-speaking public misunderstood Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli announcement that channels had been discovered on Mars instead leaving he had said canals implying that intelligent life lived on our red neighbor this sparked a craze for establishing communication with Martians by whatever means possible in 1892 a wealthy French woman pledged a large amount of money to construct a network of giant mirrors around the earth these mirrors would flash Morse coded messages at the Martians prompting them to construct similar mirrors and send a message back preparations were well underway to construct these mirrors but fell apart when more scientists pointed out that Mars was moving away from the earth so the Martians wouldn't be able to see them eight inflicting self-experimentation the Victorian era saw the emergence of medical ethics meaning you couldn't just grab a random orphan off the street and start experimenting on them anymore this meant scientists had to start conducting experiments on the only people available themselves and their associates German surgeon Auguste buyer and his assistant Augustus Hildebrandt were investigating spinal anesthesia so they experimented by injecting their spines full of cocaine to discover if they could feel pain Baier ended up receiving a hole in the back of his neck which resulted in spinal fluid leaking out while Hildebrandt was stabbed clubbed burned and had his testicles crushed when neither felt any pain they celebrated by drinking 7op tog Rafi autography is the practice of analysing and reproducing the last image seen by the human eye that sounds crazy that's because it is but that didn't stop the Victorians from trying it led by wilhelm kuhn a group of scientists experimented on thousands of condemned men showing them dramatic things just before they were executed as time went on the experiments became more and more elaborate one condemned man was asked to keep his eyes completely shut as he was led to the gallows and to only open them seconds before being hanged because so many experiments took place October fee became generally accepted within the scientific community as late as 1927 murderers would destroy their victims eyes in order to prevent them from being identified through opto grafite 6 electrocuting their own genitals it was a cause of concern to see a man acting unmanly during the Victorian times as a way to battle this lack of masculinity scientists came up with the brilliant idea of developing a belt that would deliver a constant stream of electricity to the subjects genitals electricity was still a new thing at the time and was considered to be a kind of wonder drug used to cure just about anything the experiments working such a success that the use of electricity was expanded to curing impotence and electrocution machine started appearing in magazines for sale this trend never really caught on with the general public who were clearly unwilling to subject themselves to electrocution let alone to their genitalia five wasps the perfect pet while his dog was studying John Lubbock took the time to tried training another pet he tried to train wasps to become the perfect addition to the family treating them almost like dogs so much so that they could eat out of his hand allow themselves to be petted accompany him on walks and even attack his enemies on command much to no one's surprise these experiments didn't go well leading love up to be stung on multiple occasions however his persistence did pay off as he managed to train a single wasp to do his bidding the creature only lasted nine months but this was enough for Lubbock to claim that his experiment was a success for teaching dogs to read Sir John Lubbock was one of Britain's leading scientists introducing Thomas Edison's electric streetlights to England's roads becoming Vice Chancellor of London University inventing words like Neolithic and Paleolithic Lubbock did it all but in between all of these achievements he wasted many many hours trying to teach his dog to read Lubbock was convinced that his dog could not only learn the odd phrase but also full complex sentences so much so that he would write sentences on giant blackboards and sit his dog in front of them to learn Lubbock insisted that he'd scientifically proven that dogs were capable of learning to read though no one has ever been able to repeat this feat three telepathically reporting news William Thomas steed was the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and is considered to be a very controversial figure of the Victorian era stead was convinced that he could talk to people telepathically and many people believed him he would regularly send notes to his secretary dictate reports to his writing team while in another country and tried to ask questions to famous political figures telepathically most interesting of all is his great scoop on the sinking of the Titanic as it was happening after the disastrous voyage of the famous ship Steve's journalistic staff claimed that Steve telepathically reported the whole disaster to them as it happened unfortunately Steve died on the Titanic at the age of 62 but not before saving several women and children and giving his life jacket to another passenger to eating one of everything in existence William Buckland did many many things he became the Dean of Westminster Abbey named the first dinosaur fossil and became one of the few people Charles Darwin actively hated but arguably what he's most famous for was his cataloguing of the taste of as many things as possible for the sake of future generations for the purpose of science Buckland ate everything from mice on toast to alligators bats urine to puppies potted ostrich to roasts Hedgehog Panthers to porpoises not to mention the preserved heart of king louis xiv of france when she said was quote a little on the chewy side but otherwise satisfactory in every way Buckland lived to the age of 72 and is said to have only ever found one creature that he didn't enjoy eating apparently the common garden mole tasted quote disgusting one taking a hot air balloon to space James glacier was an English meteorologist Erina and astronomer he's most famous for being a pioneering balloonist between the years of 1862 and 1866 accompanied by his copilot Andrey Tracy well with funding from the government the pair decided to set off in their hot air balloon to the aerial ocean from Wolverhampton in the UK on September 5th 1862 as they ascended things went from bad to worse approximately five miles or eight kilometres above the surface of the earth the temperature dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius or minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit killing the animals they had brought with them to observe one mile above that both men suddenly collapsed at 7 miles or 11 kilometers above the earth they both began to black out but not before Coxwell managed to pull the release valve cord with his teeth causing the balloon to descend much the glaciers dismay though they had come close to death glacier wasn't put off from accomplishing his goal and made 21 more attempts however he was never successful passed away on February 7th 1903 at the age of 93 Coxwell died on January 5th 1900 don't forget to Like us and subscribe for more elite facts you

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Published: Tue Nov 22 2016