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Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found ...
W. A Web of Air. The Witches of Chiswick. Categories: Steampunk novels. British novels by genre. British science fiction novels.
The Royal Duchy train, hauled by Tangmere, along the Dawlish sea wall in 2015. Although steam locomotives were withdrawn from normal railway service in Great Britain in 1968, due to sustained public interest including a locomotive preservation movement, steam hauled passenger trains can still be seen on the mainline railway (i.e. Network Rail owned tracks as opposed to heritage railways) in ...
Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; Bengali: প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় Praphulla Chandra Rāy; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944) [ 2] was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. [ 2] He established ...
Plays. (1953) The Flying Machine: A One-Act Play for Three Men. (1963) The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics. (1965) A Device Out of Time: A One-Act Play. (1966) The Day It Rained Forever: A Comedy in One Act. (1966) The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act. (1972) Leviathan '99: A Drama for the Stage. (1972) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit and Other ...
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Z-Library (abbreviated as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a mirror of Library Genesis, but has expanded dramatically. [ 7][ 8]
Fifteen Guinea Special. The Fifteen Guinea Special was the last main-line passenger train to be hauled by steam locomotive power on British Rail on 11 August 1968 [ 1] before the introduction of a steam ban that started the following day, [ 2] the extra day added to allow for the movement of locomotive BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell ...