EditorialA man calling himself Mr. Puffington walks around spraying vapor from a contraption he calls the cloud cannon at the New York Growers Cup in Manhattan on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (Sebastian Mejias/New York Times)
EditorialA researcher from the City University of New York pulls a wastewater collection device, which his team calls the Contraption, from a sewage pipe in the basement at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens on July 30, 2022. (Jonah Markowitz/The New York Times)
EditorialThe “hydro pod” that Reza Baluchi washed ashore in on Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Palm Coast, Fla. (Flagler County Sheriff’s Office via The New York Times)
EditorialPlate 4, Le Zigzag (The Zigzag), Singeries ou diff?rentes actions de la vie humaine repr?sent?es par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys), Christophe Huet, French, 17001759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard,...
EditorialLes fins Chasseurs (The Fine Hunters), Singeries ou diff?rentes actions de la vie humaine repr?sent?es par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys), Christophe Huet, French, 17001759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Gu...
EditorialThe Pigodeon, Printed in black ink on paper, Article clipping from Electrical Review. Center, bear with glasses sitting by piano, with music sheet, labelled, turned to see woman. Right, profile of a woman sitting on chair, with hat, head slightly tilte...
EditorialA Plate of Mechanics, Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, active England, 17271815, Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452 - 1519, Line engraving in brown ink on white paper, Men work in an outdoor studio on a gigantic wheeled contraption supported by a wood and ...
EditorialSpain, Galicia, La Coru?a province. Santiago de Compostela. Cathedral. Octogonal lantern tower at the crossing of the transept. Inside view of the dome (14-15th centuries) with the contraption designed by Juan Bautista Celma in 1599 to uphold the Botaf...
EditorialGOTHIC ART. SPAIN. CATHEDRAL. Started around 1075 by MASTER ESTEBAN and concluded in 1122. Subsequently, new works were made to culminate with the Baroque facade in the 18th century. Detail of the CIMBORRIO (14th-15th CENTURY) which highlights the cont...
EditorialLapp in a sleigh pulled by a reindeer on a frozen river. In the background, a man rides a strange contraption with skis and rudder with wheel. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the People...
EditorialGOTHIC ART. SPAIN. CATHEDRAL. Started around 1075 by MASTER ESTEBAN and concluded in 1122. Subsequently, new works were made to culminate with the Baroque facade in the 18th century. Detail of the CIMBORRIO (14th-15th CENTURY) which highlights the cont...
EditorialAlexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425. Alexander the Great, wearing his crown, sits with a cat and a chicken in a contraption lowered by rope from a ship. Legendary scene from " Le Livre et la vraye histoir...