The subject of today’s blog is Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1832). What? You’ve never heard of Jeremy Bentham? Why, he was an English moral and political philosopher, influenced by Locke and Hume, and the acknowledged “Father of Utilitarianism.” Among his… Read More
During the first part of the 20th century, detectives used a grey powder to dust for fingerprints at a crime scene. It was a mixture of chalk and mercury. Many suffered chronic mercury poisoning.