EditorialOttoman Empire. Greece, Thessaloniki. Arrival of the French and German inspectors entrusted with solving the murder of the consuls in Thessaloniki on May 1876. Mr. Robert, from the French embassy in Constantinople, and Mr. Gillet, German consul, were l...
EditorialRhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountere...
EditorialThree stoneware pots by Johann Friedrich Boettger. Before solving the secret of Chinese porcelain manufacture, Boettger produced an imitation of the Chinese I-hsing stoneware, often with a curious mixture of Chinese and European elements. 1710-1719.
EditorialSolving Irish trouble at the front'. 'In the attack on Wytschaete ridge, where Major Willie Redmond fell, Nationalists and Ulstermen fought side by side ...' A newspaper report of Irish solders during the first world war. Daily Sketch. London, 1917. S...
EditorialRhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountere...
EditorialThree stoneware pots by Johann Friedrich Boettger. Before solving the secret of Chinese porcelain manufacture, Boettger produced an imitation of the Chinese I-hsing stoneware, often with a curious mixture of Chinese and European elements. 1710-1719.