EditorialModel of a Boiler for Steam Locomotives, Model of a tubular steam boiler. Two fireplaces are separated by a space, through which pipes run that connect the fireplaces with each other. The air supply of one fire source can be regulated with a flap at th...
EditorialTerracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), Late Classical, ca. 350?300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm), Vases, Head of a dog. On the cup, a running satyr. The earliest Apulian animal-head rh...
EditorialTerracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), Late Classical, ca. 350?300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm), Vases, Head of a dog. On the cup, a running satyr. The earliest Apulian animal-head rh...
EditorialPlan of the volcano Mt. Vesuvius after an eruption, and path of lava flow through Torre del Greco, Naples. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (17...