Anarchic Experimental Science in Victorian Weardale

THE ERNEST GLITCH CHRONICLES -- The Chronicles are best read in the order presented --

The 1855 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree

The front page from the April 1855 issue of "The Turf" refers to equestrian enhancement of a scientific nature.

Victorian Nitrogen Laser

A letter from Glitch to Faraday, dated June 1856, would appear to indicate the observation of laser action in air, more than a century before Maiman first demonstrated his ruby laser.

Fictional Influence Machine

Predating Wimshurst`s electrostatic generator, using hemispherically terminated charge carriers

(This actually predates "Victorian Nitrogen Laser", but is intended to be read as linked from within the laser article)

Fullerenes Discovered in Victorian England

A letter from Ernest Glitch (son of Mad Judge Glitch) to Michael Faraday appears to note the crystallisation of C60 some 150 years before Kroto.

Victorian Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engine

An account of the use of hypergolic propellants and deLaval nozzles in 1856.

Victorian Tesla Coil, with reference to a possible medieval Coil.

A letter from Glitch to Michael Faraday appears to note the discovery of Germanium some 30 years before Winkler. The main body of the correspondence concerns a lightning machine.

19th Century Jet-Powered Flying Machine in Weardale

Manned Flight achieved long before the Wright Bros., using Multiple Valve-less Pulse Jets

The First Flight

part two of 19th Century Jet-Powered Flying Machine in Weardale, plus

The Steam-Powered Rope-Engine - Mad Judge Glitch`s Power-Gibbet - An account of the first test of this capital punishment machine

Victorian Cyclotron

E. Glitch bombards diamonds with high energy particles to produce coloured 'fancy' stones. His equipment, mentioned in a letter to M. Faraday, pre-dates that of Lawrence by some 73 years

Glitch Constructs Hypersonic Gun

Upper Weardale was impacted by several projectiles in late 1857, in Glitch`s words, "Velocities approached 70,000 furlongs to the hour, Bishop."

1858: First X-Ray?

Rupert Glitch photographs his own bones

The Glitch Sporting Bathyscaphe

Accounts of the use of this extreme depth marine hunting vessel.

The Glitch Machine Gun

A fully automatic weapon 24 years before Hiram Maxim