EditorialChurch of Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont. France, Cross-section and plan of the Notre-Dame-du-Port church in Clermont-Ferrand, signed: E. Viollet Leduc del, Lemaitre sculp, Fig. 50, p. 173, Viollet-le-Duc, Eug?ne-Emmanuel (del.); Lema?tre, Augustin Fran?...
EditorialChurch of Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont. Longitudinal section, Longitudinal section of the Notre-Dame-du-Port church in Clermont-Ferrand, signed: E. Viollet Leduc del, Lemaitre sculp, Fig. 49, p. 171, Viollet-le-Duc, Eug?ne-Emmanuel (del.); Lema?tre, Au...
EditorialFontaine zu Clermont-Ferrand, Fountain La Fontaine d'Amboise in Clermont-Ferrand, signed: Chapuy, Fig. 59, p. 177, Chapuy, Nicolas-Marie-Joseph, 1867, Jacob Burckhardt; Wilhelm L?bke: Geschichte der neueren Baukunst. Stuttgart: Verlag von Ebner & Seube...
EditorialClermont, Clermont-Ferrand in France, Fig. 84, after p. 97, 1661, Martin Zeiller: Topographia Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem m?chtigen und grossen K?nigreich Franckreich: beedes auss eygner E...
EditorialClermont, Clermont-Ferrand in France, Signed: Iohan Peeters Delin, Fig. 153, p. 10, Peeters, Johann (del.), 1661, Martin Zeiller: Topographia Galliae, oder Beschreibung und Contrafaitung der vornehmbsten und bekantisten Oerter in dem m?chtigen und gros...
EditorialChurch of Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont, Notre-Dame-du-Port church in Clermont-Ferrand, signed: E. Viollet Leduc del, Lemaitre et Schaal sculp, Fig. 48, p. 169, Viollet-le-Duc, Eug?ne-Emmanuel (del.); Lema?tre, Augustin Fran?ois (sc.); Schaal, Louis Jac...
EditorialDeath of General Desaix (Louis Charles Antoin des Aix). One of the youngest Generals in Napoleon's armies, Desaix died in the Battle of Marengo.
EditorialThe puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne. Celts and Romans made it a place of worship; Pascal conducted his experiments on the weight of air on the Puy de Dome in 1653.
EditorialThe puy de Dome, 1465 m, is the highest of the ancient volcanos of the Auvergne. Celts and Romans made it a place of worship; Pascal conducted his experiments on the weight of air on the Puy de Dome in 1653.
EditorialPlate with coat of arms from Clermont-Ferrand, France, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.
EditorialJug from Clermont-Ferrand, France, 18th century, with escutcheon, foliage and inscription Convalescence de M. Rossignol Intendant d'Auvergne, M. Peyrot Trezorier de Lordre, 26 Mars 1738. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History ...
EditorialPASCAL, Blaise (Clermont-Ferrand, 1623-Paris, 1662) French philosopher and writer. He conducted studies on the weight of air and vacuum. Defender of the Jansenists. ENGRAVING.
EditorialDeath of General Desaix (Louis Charles Antoin des Aix). One of the youngest Generals in Napoleon's armies, Desaix died in the Battle of Marengo.
EditorialThe Puy de Dome experiment by which Pascal proved that air pressure depends on height: " De la pesanteur de la masse d'air" -on the weight of air",1653.