Pa chithunzi cha Joseph Wright, cholembedwa mu 1768, kuyesaku kunawonekera, komwe kunachitidwa ndi mbalame mu pampu ya mpweya. Chithunzichi chilipo ku dziko lonse la dziko ku London. Wojambulayo anali membala wachindunji wazomwezo, kotero fanolo ndi lakale.
Asayansi akuwonetsedwa pa canvas, kusinthanitsa ndi pampu ya Robert Wayle - Mankhwala a Anglo-Irishish ndi sayansi. Chipangizocho chimapangidwa kuti chikuponyere mpweya pang'onopang'ono mpaka chovala cha vatuum.
M'zaka za zana la 17, asayansi anali ndi chidwi ndi momwe zinthu zopanda anthu zimakhalira. Ataphunzira zinthu zopanda moyo, anayamba kupezeka pamoyo: tizilombo, makoswe, mbalame.
Mapampu mpweya, ngakhale ndi mtengo wokwera mtengo, kufalitsa ku sayansi komanso osati kokha. Gulu lina la anthu lidawoneka, limapereka ziwonetsero zotere za nyama pamalo opanda mpweya kuti anthu ambiri azikhala.
Matikiti adagulitsidwa ku zochitika ngati izi, malankhulidwe amapezeka m'magulu osiyanasiyana ndi maholo tawuni, kapena mawonekedwewo adachitidwa m'malo opezerera anthu omwe amaitanidwa. Pamodzi "chiwonetsero" komanso kupita ku wojambula yemwe adajambula chithunzichi.
Chithunzicho chikuwonetsa parrot yoyera ndi hokholcom pamutu, yofanana ndi cocatooo. Kuyesawo kwatsala pang'ono kutha, ndipo mbalameyo imagona pansi pa tank tank, koma wamoyo.
Mwina mbalame yoyambirira yomwe idachitika nawo. Parrot nthawi zosiyanasiyana sanali otsika mtengo. Woyesererayo ali ndi dzanja pa valavu ndipo amayang'ana mwakachetechete pa omvera. Ali wokonzeka kubwezeretsanso mpweya kupita kumlengalenga, koma palibe amene amaima.
Pacithunzi-thunzi apa, mtsikana wina akhumudwitsidwa, nakhoza kuti Atate ake atonthoze, kutsimikizira kuti zonse zili bwino ndi mbalame. Pamodzi ndi iye, ana okha amakhulupirira mbalame yoyesera. Amuna akuyang'ana kuyesera mwachidwi, kudikirira mbali, ndipo okondawa amatengedwa kwathunthu.
M'modzi mwa asayansi odziwika omwe adachita zoyesa za anthu omwe anali pampu ndi James Ferguson, yemweyo ndi chithunzithunzi komanso chithunzi chojambulidwa. Anatsimikizira kuti ali ndi zolengedwa zamoyo sankagwira ntchito nthawi zambiri.
Kuyesera kokwanira kunayikidwa pamtunda wodzazidwa ndi mpweya, ndipo omvera adawonedwa kuti amawombera pang'ono. Zomwe zinali zabwinoko, chifukwa si munthu aliyense wokhoza kuwona modekha momwe kukhala ndi moyo "masamba".