Victorian Science in Two and a Half Dimensions: Using 3D Software to Explore 19C Images

Padua, Sydney (2026) Victorian Science in Two and a Half Dimensions: Using 3D Software to Explore 19C Images. Public Humanities, 2. e82. ISSN 2977-0173

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Abstract

Animator Sydney Padua’s interaction with 19th-century science includes an obsession with Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Analytical Engine that led to some of the first visualisations and animations of the machine. Most recently she teamed up with the Constructing Scientific Communities project, and their work on Science Gossip, animating illustrations from the 19th-century nature periodicals into shareable gifs. In this paper she shares some of her inspirations and processes for making creative projects from historical archives.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	** Article version: VoR ** From Cambridge University Press via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 24-03-2025; rev-recd 20-02-2026; accepted 20-02-2026; epub 29-05-2026. ** Licence for VoR version of this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Keywords:	animation, Analytical Engine
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Router
Depositing User:	JISC Router
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2026 10:24
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2026 10:24
URI:	https://bnu.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/21005

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