D1.8.31: [Untitled]

D1.8.31: [Untitled]

Newspaper Clippings

Bleek finds it possible to maintain Christian beliefs while embracing scientific advancement in, for example, meteorology, as new insights into natural phenomena emerge. Science also erodes the superstitious uncertainty of mysticism. More accurate understandings of natural forces make mathematical forecasting and damage control possible. Admiral Fitzroy's weather forecasting uses coordinated observations, reports, and the overall compilation of data. He, like Bleek, believes it can save lives. Bleek argues for its urgent introduction at the Cape of Storms, where wrecks abound through no fault of the Port Captain (for whom he crafts a rebuttal). Monitoring infrastructure will inform preventative and mitigative measures to offset damage and mortality and is worth any cost. Prioritising entertainment and neglecting investment in early-warning systems and sea rescue infrastructure equates to manslaughter.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

20 May 1865

Two cut-out columns of printed newsprint mounted on foolscap folio (warped).

Meteorology (calculating weather patterns), forecasting (of natural events), Vice-Admiral Fitzroy (Robert Fitzroy), Cape of Storms (needs forecasting facilities), wrecks (RMS Athens), RMS Athens (an Atlantic Seaboard inshore wreck), City of Peterborough (sunk by a gale)

Pressed clippings of Victorian current affairs opinion pieces by Wilhelm Bleek.

Van de Sandt de Villiers & Co.