Source: The Daily Register of Commerce and Intelligence, June 25th 1760, page 2
Location: 15 Bell Yard, London
A peculiar spirit rapping disturbs the neighbours at a house which has been replaced by what is today...
Source: The Derby Mercury, May 3rd 1738, page 1
Location: Seabright's Farm, Baddow
"Some days ago a labourer cleansing a ditch at Seabright in the parish of Baddow near Chelmsford in Essex, to this great surprise...
Source: The Newcastle Weekly Courant, 9th December 1732, page 2
Location: Toulouse, France
A knightly spectre appears to disrupt the marriage of a young woman in Toulouse.
"They write from Toulouse, that a young woman of that...
While 'green' has become a byword for healthy, natural, and clean substances, in previous years it was synonymous with poison. Arsenic is the primary ingredient in a brilliant pigment known as 'Emerald Green', an attractive colour used on items such as wallpaper, cloth, paint, and you guessed - book covers.
When it's not in use as a colouring, its 'Paris Green' incarnation is used to...