history – Richard's blog

Reading to Understand The Past

When I read books i read to be transported back to a different time and a different way of thinking. That’s why i read James

Every Rocketdyne engine was fine tuned and perfected by hand, from plans, that were modified but not updated. This means that each engine was unique.

Last night I watched a video about a visit to Perm36 but it covered just the trip. The video below is far more complete and

When we have seen hundreds of statues and other objects over the decades of our lives, it is easy to assume that statues and other

For years I heard about Roman pisciculture baths near the sea in Spain and I thought that this is where they would keep fish for

Over a few months I have seen that tweeting about the Romans is growing in frequency. The accounts that I see are tweeting about Roman