Editorialidentical models of rescue equipment for rescue operations in the event of a shipwreck on a beach, incomplete. Each of the devices consists of two two-wheeled water carts linked with beams, these carts are rotated ninety degrees around their axis, so t...
EditorialDevices for sulfur trapping, Illustration of two different devices for sulfur catching from the 17th century, Fig. 12, after p. 80r, 1617, Georg Engelhard L?hneysen: Bericht vom Bergkwerck, wie man dieselben bawen und in guten Wolstandt bringen soll, s...
EditorialDevices for processing silver, Illustration of devices for the processing of silver from the 17th century, Fig. 16, p. 96, 1617, Georg Engelhard L?hneysen: Bericht vom Bergkwerck, wie man dieselben bawen und in guten Wolstandt bringen soll, sampt allen...
EditorialCinematographic devices, Fig. 1. Disque zootropique d'un cheval au trot., (D'apr?s les photographies instantanees de M. Muybridge), fig. 2. Mani?re d'employer le disque ci-dessus, fig. 3. Toupie-fantoche, fig. 4. Le mulet Rigolo, fig. 5. Sp?cimen de de...
EditorialModel of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Two identical models of rescue equipment for rescue operations in the event of shipwreck on a beach, incomplete. Each of the devices consists of two two-wheeled water carts linked with beams, these carts are ...
EditorialTwo Models of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Two identical models of rescue equipment for rescue operations in the event of a shipwreck on a beach, incomplete. Each of the devices consists of two two-wheeled water carts linked with beams, these car...
EditorialTwo men in classical armor and two women looking at the mechanical devices on either side of an open courtyard; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'.
EditorialLantern Slide - Tourists in Canoe, Pacific Islands, circa 1930s, Lantern slide depicting tourists in a canoe, looking into the water with viewing devices. Part of a collection of 55 photographic lantern slides travel images taken in the Pacific Islands...
EditorialNegative - Tourists in Canoe Looking into Water, Pacific Islands, circa 1930s, Negative depicting tourists in a canoe, looking into the water with viewing devices. Part of a collection of 55 photographic lantern slides travel images taken in the Pacifi...
Editorial'Satan chained'. 'Satan expell'd from Heaven.'. [The Political History of the Devil.] Satan's Devices; or, the Political history of the devil: ancient and modern ... A new edition, with engravings. London : T. Kelly, 1819. Source: 1490.b.31 frontispiec...
Editorial'The Pennington car'. Mr E.J. Pennington. Edward Joel Pennington (1858-1911) was an inventor and promoter of many mechanical devices, including automobiles. The illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. London, 1896. Source: The illustrated Sporting and ...
EditorialMechanical casket, 1800?1810, Russian, St. Petersburg, Burr-maple, ebony and ebonized fruitwood, mahogany, birch, gold-colored silk and green baize, Overall: 7 1/4 x 16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.4 x 40.6 x 24.1 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, The design of this rectang...
EditorialCouncil of the King of France. Chronique d'Angleterre [Volume III]. S. Netherland [Bruges]; late 15th century. [Miniature only] Council of the King of France; on the left, ships at Sluys with arms of Burgundy and France, and other devices Image taken ...
Editorial'Satan chained'. 'Satan expell'd from Heaven.'. [The Political History of the Devil.] Satan's Devices; or, the Political history of the devil: ancient and modern ... A new edition, with engravings. London : T. Kelly, 1819. Source: 1490.b.31 frontispiec...
Editorial'The Pennington car'. Mr E.J. Pennington. Edward Joel Pennington (1858-1911) was an inventor and promoter of many mechanical devices, including automobiles. The illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. London, 1896. Source: The illustrated Sporting and ...
EditorialOn the left, miniature of Lancelot removing the head of his decapitated grandfather, the king, out of a boiling well; miniature of a building collapsing on two knights. On the right, miniature of Arthur and Guinevere seated at a banquet table surrounde...
EditorialTwo men in classical armor and two women looking at the mechanical devices on either side of an open courtyard; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'.
EditorialMaharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion, 1845?46, Western India, Rajasthan, Mewar, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, Image (painting): 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (42.5 x 57.8 cm), Paintings, Tara (Indian, active 1836?1870), The artist Tara, wh...
EditorialMechanical casket, 1800?1810, Russian, St. Petersburg, Burr-maple, ebony and ebonized fruitwood, mahogany, birch, gold-colored silk and green baize, Overall: 7 1/4 x 16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.4 x 40.6 x 24.1 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, The design of this rectang...
EditorialCranequin from the Armory of Emperor Maximilan I (reigned 1493/1508?19), ca. 1505?19, Western or Central European, the Netherlands or Austria, Steel, wood (fruitwood, possibly pear), copper alloy, L. 14 7/8 in. (37.7 cm); W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); Wt. 3 l...
EditorialEscutcheon Plate with the Device of Ottheinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502?1559), ca. 1525, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm); W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (93 g), Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons, Initially intended ...
EditorialMorse, Samuel (1791-1872). American inventor of the Registrar Electromagnetic Telegraph, as well as two separate devices for sending and receiving messages (1832-1835).