The Penny Farthing bicycle obtained its name from the penny and farthing coins of the time. The bike was made entirely of metal instead of wood and the tires were rubber. The high centre of ...

A penny farthing is a nickname for an old fashioned bicycle which had a large wheel at the front and a much smaller one behind. The penny and farthing were coins familiar to your grandparents and ...

Sound familiar? The Panic of 1837, America’s worst financial crisis of the 19th century, shares sobering parallels with the financial crash of 2008, says Jessica Lepler, PhD’08. Like the more recent ...

Jessica Farthing is a freelance writer lucky enough to live on the coast of Georgia. In addition to exploring topics for Insider, she's written for Eating Well Magazine, Eat This, Not That ...

1837 Barossa commemorates the date on which Colonel William Light named the Barossa. Red wines hail exclusively from the estate near Lyndoch, while whites are sourced from Eden Valley growers.

414 pp. ISBN 978-0-674-04748-8, $35.00 (cloth). - Jessica M. Lepler. The Many Panics of 1837: People, Politics, and the Creation of a Transatlantic Financial Crisis. New York: Cambridge University ...

Challenges: Three months into Martin Van Buren’s presidency, the Panic of 1837 engulfed the country in its worst depression to date. Van Buren was largely ineffective at stemming the economic collapse ...

As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian policies that magnified an economic downturn, leading to the Panic of 1837. "Martin Van Ruin" was not re-elected... Died: July 24 ...

What is billed as the world's only uphill penny farthing race is taking place later in East Sussex. The Beachy Head World Championship Penny Farthing Hill Climb Time Trial sets off on Sunday ...

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BBC Rewind looks back at previous notable royal pregnancy announcements Senior royal doctors consultant obstetrician Guy Thorpe-Beeston and consultant gynaecologist Alan Farthing oversaw the birth.

Blair Farthing is a Producer for CTV Morning Live Saskatoon, and the Anchor of the CTV Prince Albert News at Noon. Blair was born and raised in the Parkridge neighborhood of Saskatoon. After ...