EditorialTangent Sight, Attachment or Orientation Mounted to the Back of the Slot Elevation, The support is provided with a hook that engages in a square notch in the lock elevation, and is tightened with a screw from behind. It is a short square iron bar on to...
EditorialSurveying with ropes_1, Orientation of the Ropes for a Right Angle Construction Using a Right Angle Triangle, Lot Scale, Woodcut, p. 97, (Liber quintus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus...
EditorialSurveying with ropes_2, Orientation of Ropes for Right-angled Construction Using Rectangular Triangles, Lot Scale, Woodcut, p. 98, (Liber quintus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus offic...
EditorialTangent Sight, Attachment or Orientation Mounted to the Back of the Slot Elevation, The support is provided with a hook that engages in a square notch in the lock elevation, and is tightened with a screw from behind. A short square iron bar on top of a...
EditorialTangent Sight, Attachment, or Orientation Mounted to the Back of the Slot Elevation, for this the support is provided with a cam which engages in the lock elevation and is tightened with a screw from behind. The set-up bar is a short square iron bar, o...
EditorialSurcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th?17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expen...
EditorialOctopus vulgaris, Print, The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusc belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is the most studied of all octopus species. It is considered cosmopolitan, that is, a global species, which ranges from the...
EditorialComposition, July 1923-1924, oil on canvas, 41.5 x 33.4 cm, signed lower right: TH v D '24, inscribed on the back of the stretcher by the artist (?): THEO VAN DOESBURG and indication of the image orientation with two arrows and HAUT, Theo van Doesburg,...
EditorialOctopus vulgaris, Print, The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusc belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is the most studied of all octopus species. It is considered cosmopolitan, that is, a global species, which ranges from the...
EditorialA compass rose. Used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions: North, East, South and West. 18th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.
EditorialA compass rose. Used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions: North, East, South and West. 18th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.
EditorialSurcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th?17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expen...
EditorialA compass rose. Used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions: North, East, South and West. 18th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.
EditorialMizrach (" East"), a decoration hung on the walls of a home or synagogue to indicate the direction or orientation for prayer, i. e. facing east towards Jerusalem. From Poland. Symmetrical paper cutout with ink and tempera, 43 x 34 cm.