EditorialFrom dilution of the columns, Method to construct the columnar shape, the circumference narrower, Tab. 42, p. 115, Sturm, Leonhard Christian, 1725, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola: Ausf?hrliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst: worinnen nebst denen ...
EditorialCartouche with a grazing goat Cartouches with animals in landscapes (series title), Rolwerk cartouche with a grazing goat in a landscape. The print is part of an album, ornament, cartouche, dale, valley, city view, and landscape with man-made construct...
EditorialThe Nicaragua Canal. Would it pay the United States to construct it? Remarks of C.P. Huntington at the seventh annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce of Galveston, Texas, March 16, 1900 : Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.
EditorialFirst western post, planted by Canadian Highway Association, at Alberni, British Columbia, 4th May, 1912. The Canadian Highway Association was founded in 1911 to lobby federal and provincial governments to construct a transcontinental road across Canad...
EditorialFirst western post, planted by Canadian Highway Association, at Alberni, British Columbia, 4th May, 1912. The Canadian Highway Association was founded in 1911 to lobby federal and provincial governments to construct a transcontinental road across Canad...
EditorialTestudo scorpioides, Print, The Scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides) is a species of mud turtle in the Kinosternidae family. It is found in Mexico, Central America and South America. This turtle relatively is a medium to large kinosternid(mud ...
EditorialAngered by the Ocean’s non-cooperation, Rāma attacked it with all the weapons at his command and the boiling sea eventually spewed up the appalled Ocean god in person, who advised him that he could not part the waves for him but that he should tell ...
EditorialDagobert I (c.603/605-639 AD). King of Neustrian and Burgundy (629-639), King of Austrasia (623-629) and King of the Franks (629-634). Miniature of The Grandes Chroniques de France, 14th century. Dagobert I accompanied by his court atends the construct...
EditorialFolio f 34r. Codex Madrid II (Ms. 8936) "Treaty of fortification, statics and geometry". 158 folios with 316 pages. Internal format: 210 x 145 mm. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES. PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCT...
EditorialFolio f 38r. Codex Madrid II (Ms. 8936) "Treaty of fortification, statics and geometry". 158 folios with 316 pages. Internal format: 210 x 145 mm. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES. PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCT...
EditorialIllustration of a locomotive engine and driver. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 28. - Chaplin's New Patent Locomotive Engine.'. Source: 8...
EditorialIllustration of a man standing with Chaplin's Vertical-Action Steam Engine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 26. - Chaplin's Vertical-Acti...
EditorialDiagram of a steam engine and its parts. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. Source: 8765.aaa.9. p.55.
EditorialIllustration of a steam thrashing machine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 23. - Steam Trashing Machine.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9. p.41.
EditorialDesign by Thomas Telford for a cast iron bridge to replace London Bridge. Viewed over the River Thames; ships passing beneath, carriages and carts using the bridge roadway; arcaded embankment approaches. This design was not used due to concerns about i...
EditorialAngered by the Ocean’s non-cooperation, Rāma attacked it with all the weapons at his command and the boiling sea eventually spewed up the appalled Ocean god in person, who advised him that he could not part the waves for him but that he should tell ...
EditorialIllustration of a paddle steamer. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 43. - Model Paddle Steamer.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9. p.69.
EditorialIllustration of a steam-powered crane at work in an exhibition centre. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 29. - Ten-Ton Crane at Work in the...
EditorialDiagram of Watt's Double-Action Engine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 18. - Watt's Double-Action Engine.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9. p.27.
EditorialDiagram of a direct-acting engine with horizontal oscillating cylinder. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 22. - Model of Direct-Acting Engi...
EditorialDiagram of a locomotive with Harold written on the side. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 30. - Model Locomotive.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9.
EditorialFront cover depicting a steam engine coming out of a tunnel with a steam boat in the background. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. Source: 8765.a...
EditorialDiagram of a steam locomotive engine with driver. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 1. - Locomotive Engine.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9. Frontispiece.
EditorialDiagram of a Horizontal High Pressure Engine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 20. - Horizontal High Pressure Engine.'. Source: 8765.aaa.9...
EditorialCalcutta. Map of the City and Environs of Calcutta construct. Calcutta, 1832. Map of the City and Environs of Calcutta. Image taken from Map of the City and Environs of Calcutta constructed chiefly from Major Schalch's Map and from Capt. Prinsep's Sur...
EditorialDagobert I (c.603/605-639 AD). King of Neustrian and Burgundy (629-639), King of Austrasia (623-629) and King of the Franks (629-634). Miniature of The Grandes Chroniques de France, 14th century. Dagobert I accompanied by his court atends the construct...
EditorialHead of a Man in Profile, 1490s, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white., 11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.9 x 24.4 cm), Drawings, Luca Signorelli (Luca d'Egidio di Luca di Ventura) (Italian, Cortona, active by 1470?died 1523 Cortona), This sheet ...
EditorialStorage jar decorated with mountain goats, Chalcolithic, ca. 3800?3700 B.C., Central Iran, Ceramic, paint, 20 7/8in. (53cm), Ceramics-Vessels, People of the ancient Near East used the abundant supply of clay to construct bricks for their cities and als...
EditorialGold statuette of Zeus Serapis, Mid-Imperial, 2nd century A.D., Roman, Gold, H.: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Gold and Silver, Serapis was essentially a construct of the Ptolemaic Greek rulers of Egypt, a conflation of the local gods Osiris and Apis. Although g...
EditorialTHE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS: THE MOB ATTEMPTING TO CONSTRUCT A BARRICADE ON THE BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE, OPPOSITE THE CAFE DES VARIETES, 1869, FRANCE.
EditorialThe Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500. Builders construct the Tower of Bable from stone, using a winch and scaffolding. Men in the foreground inspect the progress. In the background is a courtyard and more workmen. From a page of illustrated Lat...