EditorialThumb glass, Thumb glass of blue glass with a curved bottom. Body barrel-shaped with three pinched ribbed threads at the top and bottom. Provided with six inch holes up to three-quarters height, anonymous, Germany, c. 1600 - c. 1700, glass, glassblowin...
EditorialA fire engine. On the Construction of Fire-engines and Apparatus,. Bell & Bradfute; Oliver & Boyd: Edinburgh,1830. Six-inch barrel fire engine'. Image taken from On the Construction of Fire-engines and Apparatus, the training of firemen, and the metho...