EditorialCasket made of walnut, front with oval field with river god and a najade in marquetry, Casket made of walnut with interior of poplar wood. The base is arched and decorated with volute gnats, a maskaron and acanthus leaves. The long walls have an oval f...
EditorialLantern Slide - Tangyes Ltd, Coupled Three-Throw Vertical Geared Pump, circa 1910, One of 239 glass lantern slides depicting products manufactured by Tangyes Limited engineers of Birmingham, England. The images include various products such as engines,...
EditorialFour-wheeled machine, built by Polonceau in the workshops of the Paris-Orleans E. Bahn 2, Locomotive with four coupled wheels after the type of construction of Camille Polonceau, signed: Heusinger v., W, Lith., v, J. Lehnhardt; Publisher v., Ch. W. Kre...
EditorialMachine with coupled wheels on the Main-Weserbahn, built by E. Kessler in Carlsruhe 3, Locomotive with coupled wheels after the construction method of E. Kessler in Karlsruhe, signed: Heusinger v., W, Lith., v, J. Lehnhardt; Publisher v., Ch. W. Kreide...
EditorialClutches of railway cars, Fig. 1: Two waggon bases on a curve and coupled, Fig. 2, 3, 4: New type of coupling to Fairlie, signed: Falconer Lith, plate I, to p. 36, Falkner (lith.), Henry Simon: Das Fairlie'sche Patent-System und sein Einfluss auf den b...
EditorialFairlie machine with two six-coupled bogies, Steam locomotive type Fairlie, Fig. 1 u., 2, p. 32, Henry Simon: Das Fairlie'sche Patent-System und sein Einfluss auf den billigeren Betrieb von Eisenbahnen insonderheit Vicinalbahnen. Manchester: Verlag des...
EditorialModel of a Double Capstan, Model of a double capstan in a wooden frame that represents two decks. Both capstans are for twelve wind trees and have six molars. The lower drum has eight catches in the foot to prevent it from running back. The drums can b...
EditorialModel of a 60-Pounder Gun on Slide and Pivot, Model of a 60-pound long cannon on a turning slide on a ground board, incomplete. The barrel, 36 cm long and with a caliber of 20 mm, has a refraction ring with a loose cap, a visor at the rear (the mountin...
EditorialModel of a 20-cm Shell Gun on Slide and Pivot, Model of a 20-inch grenade cannon with rigging on a turning carriage on a floorboard. The barrel, 57.1 cm long and with a caliber of 40 mm, has a refraction ring with a loose cap, a visor with an attachmen...
EditorialStrip bobbin lace with rose branch from decorative band with horn of abundance, Natural bobbin lace strip, Mechelen side. The lower half of the strip consists of a decorative band, which is formed by a downward-bending horn of abundance and a lying elo...
EditorialMachine with coupled wheels on the Main-Weserbahn, built by E. Kessler in Carlsruhe 2, Locomotive with coupled wheels according to the construction method of E. Kessler in Karlsruhe, signed: Heusinger v., W, Lith., v, J. Lehnhardt; Publisher v., Ch. W....
EditorialFour-wheeled machine built by Polonceau in the workshops of the Paris-Orleans E. Bahn 1, Locomotive with four coupled wheels after the type of construction of Camille Polonceau, signed: Heusinger v., W, Lith., v, J. Lehnhardt; Publisher v., Ch. W. Krei...
EditorialMachine with coupled wheels on the Main-Weserbahn, built by E. Kessler in Carlsruhe 1, Locomotive with coupled wheels according to the construction method of E. Kessler in Karlsruhe, signed: Heusinger v., W, Lith., v, J. Lehnhardt; Publisher v., Ch. W....
EditorialHand-and-a-Half Sword, ca. 1400?1430, probably German, Steel, copper alloy, L. 49 1/8 in. (124.8 cm); L. of blade 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1560 g), Swords, This sword is an extremely well proportioned and elegant example of a type that wa...
EditorialAnonymous after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558 - 1617). Tiresias, in the Form of a Woman, Striking Two Coupled Snakes with His Staff, ca. 1615. From Metamorphoses. Engraving on wove paper. Plate: 175 mm x 254 mm (6.89 in. x 10 in.).
EditorialBrine Pump. Georg von Reichenbach, 1817. The machine pumped salt solution, brine, in a pipe from Berchtesgaden to Reichenhall. It was in continuous operation for almost 100 years. In this brine pump, Georg von Reichenbach coupled a piston pump with a w...
EditorialANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE FIRST ENGLISH RAILWAY: THE "ROYAL GEORGE," THE FIRST ENGINE WITH SIX COUPLED WHEELS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1874, UK.