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...
EditorialTackle board, sledge and top for making rope Tackle Board, Sledge and top for making rope a sledge for hitting the rope. The pivot stands on a heavy ground board and has a five-strand mechanism, a large sprocket that drives four small sprockets in the ...
EditorialTackle Board and Sledge for Rope Making, A rope-making shop consisting of a pivot pole for striking and tensioning the strands and a slide for striking the rope. The pivot pole stands on a heavy ground board and has a four-strand mechanism, a large spr...
EditorialMortar, 900?950, Syrian (?), Ivory, Overall: 2 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 in. (7.1 x 10.7 x 8.6 cm), Ivories, Probably intended for medicinal or cosmetic use, this mortar employs a decorative vocabulary that was inspired by eastern motifs and was probably ...
EditorialAnd then even if the rays are transmitted through the fins city to exceed that combines water is known to be possible, Fig. 1: Measurement of the possibility of passing the water from a well into a castle or city, Fig. 2: Altimetry with a sun quadrant ...
EditorialIxodes, Print, Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks i...
EditorialA dial map measurer, unsigned, but attributed to one of the Frodsham family of watchmakers. Also, a divider, written note and map. Map meter. Ca. 1840. The dial map measurer is 55mm. in diameter. Map distances measured by the rotating wheel are transmi...
EditorialA dial map measurer, unsigned, but attributed to one of the Frodsham family of watchmakers. Map meter. Ca. 1840. Map distances measured by the rotating wheel are transmitted to the dial hands which give readings in miles, chains, furlongs and hundredth...
EditorialResshi Flying on a Cloud, ????? ???????, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 16th century, Japan, Fan mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper, 8 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (21 x 52 cm), Paintings, Kano Yukinobu (Japanese, ca. 1513?1575), Resshi (Chinese: Liezi), the l...
EditorialMortar, 900?950, Syrian (?), Ivory, Overall: 2 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 in. (7.1 x 10.7 x 8.6 cm), Ivories, Probably intended for medicinal or cosmetic use, this mortar employs a decorative vocabulary that was inspired by eastern motifs and was probably ...
EditorialHaniwa (Hollow Clay Sculpture) of a Boar with Bound Feet, ????, Kofun period (ca. 300?710), 5th century, Japan, Earthenware, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); L. 4 7/8 in. (12/4 cm), Sculpture, The practice of building sepulchral earthen mounds...
Editorial[Stereographic View of Paris-Lyon Railroad Tracks with 'Ghost' Train Visible When Viewed by Transmitted Light], ca. 1860, Albumen silver print, 6.2 x 6.2 cm (2 7/16 x 2 7/16 in. ) each, Photographs, Unknown (French).
EditorialResshi Flying on a Cloud, ????? ???????, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 16th century, Japan, Fan mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper, 8 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (21 x 52 cm), Paintings, Kano Yukinobu (Japanese, ca. 1513?1575), Resshi (Chinese: Liezi), the l...
EditorialThe laying of the cable: John and Jonathan joining hands, 1858. A crude but engaging picture, celebrating the goodwill between Great Britain and the United States generated by the successful completion of the Atlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundla...