EditorialThe Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg. A Whale-Oil Factory of the Nordic or Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island at the north end of Spitzbergen (Svalbard). Dating: 1639. Measurements: h 108 cm ? w 205 cm; h 131 cm ? w 229 cm ? t 10.5 cm.
EditorialThe Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg. A Whale-Oil Factory of the Nordic or Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island at the north end of Spitzbergen (Svalbard). Dating: 1639. Measurements: h 108 cm ? w 205 cm; h 131 cm ? w 229 cm ? t 10.5 cm.
EditorialVase, c. 1900, Fritz Heckert Glass Refinery and Glassworks, Petersdorf, Silesia (now Poland), 1866-1923, Possibly designed by Otto Thamm, German, 1860-c. 1905, Possibly decorated by Adolph Heyden, German, 1838-1902, Silesia, Glass with enamel decoratio...
EditorialVase, c. 1899, Fritz Heckert Glass Refinery and Glassworks, Petersdorf, Silesia (now Poland), 1866-1923, Probably designed by Otto Thamm, German, 1860-c. 1905, Probably decorated by Max Rade, German, 1840-1917, Silesia, Glass with enamel decoration, 26...
EditorialThe Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg. A Whale-Oil Factory of the Nordic or Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island at the north end of Spitzbergen (Svalbard). Dating: 1639. Measurements: h 108 cm ? w 205 cm; h 131 cm ? w 229 cm ? t 10.5 cm.
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Print, New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Sugar Refinery, plate 13, Artist, Publisher, After, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Jan Collaert I, Philips Galle, Netherlandish, Bruges 1523?1605 Florenc...
EditorialAfter the nationalization of the former British oil-wells and refinery in Abadan, two workers operate the remote control valve at well No.160.