EditorialPlan, elevation and section of the Kelvin Aqueduct, built by Robert Whitworth, over the Forth River, Scotland, 1790. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Scie...
EditorialJean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard's flying machine, manually operated wings with counterweight, rose to 80m in the air. It was exhibited from 1780 to 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Scie...
EditorialJean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard's flying machine, manually operated wings with counterweight, rose to 80m in the air. It was exhibited from 1780 to 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Scie...
EditorialCommon smoothhand, Mustelus mustelus, Vulnerable 1, angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 2, burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 3, and bill of a sawfish, Pristis pectinata, critically endangered 4. Un petit haay ou requin, Mustelus laevis, le petit diable mar...
EditorialAstronomy, Instrumens. Quarter of Wall Circle. Construction of his armor, Astronomy, Scaffolding of a Wall Quadrant, Signed: Benard Direx, Pl. 11, after p. 14, Benard (dir.), Denis Diderot; M. d'Alembert: Encyclop?die, ou dictionnaire raisonn? des scie...
EditorialPlan, elevation and section of the Kelvin Aqueduct, built by Robert Whitworth, over the Forth River, Scotland, 1790. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Scie...
EditorialJean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard's flying machine, manually operated wings with counterweight, rose to 80m in the air. It was exhibited from 1780 to 1783. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Scie...