EditorialPerspectival Drawing of a Column Base with Cube, 1528, Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (10.8 x 9.5 cm), Drawings, Peter Fl?tner (German, Thurgau 1485?1546 Nuremberg), For Renaissance artists, the representation of geome...
EditorialHanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo burial, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th-early 7th century. This once magnificent and highly valued bronze hanging bowl has elaborately ornamented and inlaid hook-mounts, with extra ornamental square mounts in between. Inside, uni...
EditorialA photo provided by Mike Coniglio shows a supercell thunderstorm threatening to engulf a barn near Imperial, Neb., in 2019. (Mike Coniglio/NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialEwer and basin with the arms of Vlissingen Jug with an egg-shaped body, the ear with a lion and a ram's head, The foot of the round jug is made up of a slightly arched portion decorated with a pattern of godrons, a profiled straight edge, a flat, sligh...
EditorialRevealed: 58-page house manual kept by Ghislaine Maxwell at Jeffrey Epsteins estates which ordered staff to see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing
EditorialRevealed: 58-page house manual kept by Ghislaine Maxwell at Jeffrey Epsteins estates which ordered staff to see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing
EditorialSolar panels that rotate to follow the sun and power the metals workshop of Emad Jneid, near Idlib City, Syria, March 24, 2021. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
EditorialPhenakistiscope Disc with Geometric Shapes, Josef Bermann, Austrian, 1810 - 1866, Hand-colored lithograph on paperboard, Paper disc with a hole in the center, 10 rectangular perforations evenly spaced along perimeter for viewing. In the outermost ring,...
EditorialIron 'fruit knife' with brass handle. The handle has an eye and a cut-out part, in which two conical elements are attached. The elements could rotate around their axis. The iron blade is attached to the beautiful handle with three pins in a 'shark-shap...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialEwer and basin with the arms of Vlissingen Jug with an egg-shaped body, the ear with a lion and a ram's head, The foot of the round jug is made up of a slightly arched portion decorated with a pattern of godrons, a profiled straight edge, a flat, sligh...
EditorialModel of an Anchor, Wooden model of Hawkins' patent anchor. This anchor does not have a normal anchor pole, this has been replaced by a short stick placed perpendicular to the cross of the arms. The arms and anchor rod rotate together in the forked end...
EditorialTin snuff box decorated with a landscape in a cartouche, Circular snuff tin box. The upper side is decorated with tendrils and a cartouche within which a landscape is represented with a tree, a rooster and a chicken. In the top there is also an opening...
EditorialSecret Service teams rotate shifts atop the White House in Washington, Oct. 2, 2020, after President Donald Trump for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to be treated for the coronavirus. (Damon Winter/ The New York Times)
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialModel of an Anchor, Wooden model of a 'securitas' anchor. This anchor does not have a normal anchor pole, this has been replaced by a short stick placed perpendicular to the cross of the arms. The arms and anchor rod rotate together in the forked end o...
EditorialTackle Board and Sledge for Rope Making, Two trolleys that together form a rope shop. One is for the tensioning of the strands, the other for the actual twisting. Both have a rectangular body on four wheels with a built-in drawer. The trolley for tensi...
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on a floor board, incomplete. It consists of a propped mast with a short gallows on top. Sports are provided between two of the four braces to climb the mast. Two wooden wings are moved halfw...
EditorialModel of an optical telegraph, Model of an Optical Telegraph, on a floorboard. It consists of a box with a mechanism at the bottom, on which two posts have been put to which movable arms are attached. The main arm rotates about an axis between the two ...
EditorialTwo Models of an Anchor, Two nearly identical models of a Hawkins patent anchor. This anchor does not have a normal anchor pole, this has been replaced by a short stick placed perpendicular to the cross of the arms. The arms and anchor rod rotate toget...
EditorialModel of an Artillery Crane on Tracks, Model of a heavy-duty crane on eight wheels, a carriage and a loading platform, running on rails, and a cart. The hoist has two winches, with handles on either side, By adjusting the drums with gears, the winches ...