EditorialModel of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire missiles, designed by Congreve on a launcher or chair, for use on land. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder, the tip of which is the fire bomb and the rear part is th...
EditorialLowering, Hot air balloon by James Glaisher after landing in a field at night, sheep in a pasture, Signed: Adrien Marie, Fig. 19, p. 95, Marie, Adrien (del.), 1870, James Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid de Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier: Voyages a?...
EditorialModel of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire rockets on a launcher or chair, for use on land. Made from dark wood. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder to which the side is attached with a long stabilizing stick....
EditorialModel of Two Congreve Rockets with Launching Gear, Model of two fire rockets on a launcher or chair, for use on land. Made from light-colored wood. The rockets themselves consist of a pointed cylinder to which the side is attached with a long stabilizi...
EditorialSoldier carrying his skewer with both hands horizontally at shoulder height, his right hand at the foot of the weapon Corte onderwysinghe on the figuerliicke afbeeldinghe, interested t'recht ghebruyck, a Soldaet from all t'ghene acting of the Spies noo...
EditorialModel of a Capstan, Model of a capstan in a two-level wooden frame. The capstan is for eight wind trees and has six catches in the heel to prevent it from walking back. The metal king continues into a trail on the lower deck. This capstan has two speed...
EditorialSoldier carrying his skewer with both hands far apart above his right shoulder, the point pointed obliquely towards the ground Soldaet int acting of the Spies noodich is (original series title), A soldier, full-length, who carries a spear (lance) above...
EditorialSoldier carrying his skewer with his left hand at his right side, the point tilted upwards Corte onderwysinghe on the figuerliicke imagehe, important t'recht ghebruyck, a Soldaet acting from the Spies noodich is (original series title), A full-length s...
EditorialModel of a Capstan, Model of a capstan in a wooden frame that represents two decks. The capstan is for twelve wind trees and has eight catches in the heel to prevent it from walking back. The metal king continues into a trail on the lower deck. This ca...
EditorialModel of an Installation for Tarring Rope Yarn, Model of a cable yarn tying device. The working of the model remains unclear. A tar reservoir has been lowered into the floor in the middle. Two crossbars hold a set of metal plates upright here: one of t...
EditorialPhotograph - Lowering Lockheed Vega Float Plane from Ship, Wilkins Hearst Antarctic Expedition, by George Rayner, Port Lockroy, Antarctica, circa 1929, PHOTOGRAPH; UNLOADING AEROPLANE FITTED WITH FLOATS FROM SHIP, CIRCA 1929. AEROPLANE MARKED WILKINS H...
EditorialLowering the Paralytic through the roof. From the MS " The Four Gospels", Folio 97 r, from Mount Athos Monastery, Iberon, Greece (2nd half 12th).
EditorialGladiatorial table. 2nd century AD. Inscription of a speech by Marcus Aurelius before the Senate in which recommends lowering the prices of gladiatorial games and laments the benefits of entrepreneurs and what they owe in taxes. Bronze. From Italica (S...
EditorialGladiatorial table. 2nd century AD. Inscription of a speech by Marcus Aurelius before the Senate in which recommends lowering the prices of gladiatorial games and laments the benefits of entrepreneurs and what they owe in taxes. Bronze. From Italica (S...
EditorialThe Lowering of the Cross with Sts Mary Magdalene, Augustine, Jerome and Angels. Date/Period: Ca. 1618. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,380 mm (93.70 in); Width: 1,717 mm (67.59 in).
EditorialScene from the story of the farmer, merchant and grain-dealer who deposit their money with the honest old woman. She is deceived by one of them into lowering the whole purse from her window to him. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persi...
EditorialMeetings of the unemployed. Ilustrated London News. London, October 29, 1887. Meetings of the unemployed in London. The police and the mob: lowering the red flag in Hyde Park'. Image taken from Ilustrated London News. Originally published/produced in...
EditorialScene from the story of the farmer, merchant and grain-dealer who deposit their money with the honest old woman. She is deceived by one of them into lowering the whole purse from her window to him. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persi...
EditorialSlight lowering of the angle of the mouth due to depression (left); False laughter (right), plate 35 from the album, The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression. Dated: 1854-1856. Dimensions: image: 22.8 ? 16.4 cm (9 ? 6 7/16 in.) mount: 40.3 ? 27.8 cm (...
EditorialThe Lowering of the Cross with Sts Mary Magdalene, Augustine, Jerome and Angels. Date/Period: Ca. 1618. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,380 mm (93.70 in); Width: 1,717 mm (67.59 in).
EditorialSlight lowering of the angle of the mouth due to depression (left); False laughter (right), plate 35 from the album, The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression. Dated: 1854-1856. Dimensions: image: 22.8 ? 16.4 cm (9 ? 6 7/16 in.) mount: 40.3 ? 27.8 cm (...
EditorialHandle for rope for lowering coffin, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1070?945 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Pit, 1923?24, Pine wood, L.18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.); Diam. 2 cm (13/16 in.), Discovered in the pit of, this...
EditorialA trip in Torpedo Boat "No. 60", firing torpedos in Dale Roads: Lowering a Hotchkiss Gun on board the Torpedo Boat "No. 60", torpedo going through the water, and fishing up the torpedo; firing the torpedo. 1889.
EditorialCrow Butte. Near Ft. Robinson, Neb. and F.E. & M.V. R.R. -- In battle, the Indians drove the Crows up on the mountain and camped on the only approach, intending to kill or starve their enemy. The Crows killed and skinned one of their ponies. The hide w...
EditorialREMOVAL OF ANOTHER OBELISK FROM ALEXANDRIA, FOR TRANSPORT TO NEW YORK: 1. Obelisk erect, with lowering gear attached; 2. Lowering of Obelisk; 3. Obelisk horizontal, resting on stack of wood; 4. Launch of raft, with Obelisk; 5. Raft with Obelisk, off ha...
EditorialSEVEN HUNDRED MILES IN THE "BERTHON" COLLAPSIBLE LIFEBOAT: 1. Lowering the Boat from the Royal Mail Steamship "Essequibo" in the Bay of Biscay, Four Hundred Miles from the Lizard; 2. Parting Company, August 14: "Good Bye!"; 3. Captain Harvey, R.N., Tak...
EditorialLowering the Paralytic through the roof. From the MS " The Four Gospels", Folio 97 r, from Mount Athos Monastery, Iberon, Greece (2nd half 12th).